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Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Pierced tapering handle to reverse, billeted border enclosing profile standing bull and legend in Indus Valley script. 21.1 grams, 28 mm
From the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Western Asiatic Glass Gemstone with Calligraphic Inscription
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Domed bead with longitudinal piercing and an inscription; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.62 grams, 14 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Cat Protome Group
Circa 11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Each formed as a finial with tall extended neck and sleek feline head, scooped triangular lug to reverse. 47.6 grams total, 44-58 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Amlash Terracotta Net-Painted Handled Vase
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Piriform body and a funicular neck, two pierced lug handles above the shoulder, a circumferential band of dense net decoration on the body, and the shoulder decorated with a band of concentric triangles. 584 grams, 22 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
19th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising tanged arrowheads, most with barbs. 145 grams total, 30-98 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Composed of graduated spherical beads with a hatched design, restrung. 61.5 grams, 42 cm
Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Palestinian or Anatolian Brown Stone Stamp Seal with Sphinx
Circa 1200-900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a domed body and a large handle, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Brown Stone with Black Patina, 17 x 17.5 x 18 mm. The seal has an oval face, with domed back with superimposed handle, which is nicely shaped. The design shows a recumbent sphynx: body of a quadruped, but human head and wings. Above its back is a bird or fly. This is a seal from Syria / Palestine or Anatolia, c. 1200-900 B.C. It is in fine condition.' 4.61 grams, 18 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report, numbered 1607, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Sasanian Stone Seal with Animal
Circa 4th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Domed body with transverse piercing, the underside with a deeply engraved image of a stylised standing animal with long ears and erect tail; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 5.04 grams, 19 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £715
Comprising tubular, barrel-shaped, oblate and other types. 55 grams total, 4-38 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Jug with Trefoil Mouth
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bulbous body with flattened base and trefoil mouth, strap handle to the rear and incised circumferential bands on the shoulder. 1.6 kg, 22.4 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: a speckled grey marble seal with a drilled geometric pattern; a white limestone seal with a wickerwork pattern; a grey serpentine seal with a geometric pattern; a small bronze seal with a linear pattern; a fragmentary hematite seal with a seated deity; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 17.42 grams total, 9-17 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.2, 14, 17, 18, 41. -
Syrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Birds
Circa 1500-1200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A small seal with a central linear motif with birds in flight above nd ram horns below; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.96 grams, 13 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.58.