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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Neo-Babylonian Bronze Duck Weight of 1 Shekel
Circa 800-600 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
In the shape of a sleeping duck, with its head turned towards its tail and with a flat striated base. 7.75 grams, 18 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK, 1970 onwards. -
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Gemstone with Calligraphic Text
Seljuk period, 12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ellipsoid type with incuse design of two lines of Naskh text; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.44 grams, 13 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Graduated group of cream-coloured beads; restrung. 21 grams, 37.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Head of a Bull
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Carved in the round with indented nostrils and mouth, domed eyes, horns spread above the ears; mounted on a custom-made stand. 170 grams total, bull: 34 mm, 89 mm high including stand
Acquired on the American (?) art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Stone Scaraboid Seal with King and Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Plano-convex in profile with median figure flanked by two columns of text. 3.02 grams, 16 mm
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of melon, oblate and spherical beads, with a large annular bead as a central feature, restrung. 31 grams, 33 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection. -
Large Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Tall bulbous body with flattened base, short trumpet-shaped neck and a single handle to the rear. 760 grams, 27 cm
From an important specialist collection, London, UK, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Collection
Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Mixed group of items, including arrowheads, a dagger blade, a beast-headed implement, a medical spoon and others. 192 grams total, 6.4-19.1 cm
Acquiredon the London, UK, art market, 1990s onwards. -
Uzbek Double-Sided Pringi Tunic
20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Reversible type in olive green with bands of floral and geometric embroidered designs, and plain brown cloth. 1.8 kg, 1.18 m long
Private collection, UK. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising fourteen tanged arrowheads, including some barbed types. 221 grams total, 5.3-19.2 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
