Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in plan with knop handle to the reverse, incuse motif of a running wolf and fleeing ovicaprid; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4 grams, 20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal Group
Circa 4th-3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising plano-convex type with linear motif, pyramidal type with hatched quadrants, and club type with hatching. 7.56 grams total, 16-18 mm
From the deceased estate of a specialist collector of seals, Woodbury, Connecticut, USA. From a private collection acquired in 2006. -
Western Asiatic Inscribed Seal Matrix with Aramaic Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £225
Scaraboid in black glass with gryphon to the underside beneath transverse band with 'ΡΙIΛΚΧ' inscription. 3.53 grams, 17 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Seljuk Black Calligraphic Gemstone
Circa 12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ellipsoid in plan with two lines of Kufic script text and a star. 0.6 grams, 11 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Variegated Green Agate Gemstone with Worship Scene
Circa 8th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Scaraboid type with intaglio scene depicting a standing robed figure on a baseline with arms raised towards a crescent moon above two altars; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.64 grams, 22 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Stamp Seal with Seated Figure
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex type with incuse design of a seated robed figure in profile with hound, starburst above, hatched border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.82 grams, 20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large Qaznavid Bronze Bowl with Floral Design
Circa 12th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Broad and squat with low sidewall, ring of punched ring-and-dot motifs surrounding rosette clusters. 635 grams, 24.3 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Ziwiye Blue Faience Lion Protome
Circa 8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Modelled in the round in resting (couchant) pose with forelegs extended and head erect; transverse piercing behind the shoulder and the rear of the body tubular. 605 grams, 13.7 cm
Acquired from Atigh Gallery (UK), 23 February 1984. -
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal Group
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a conical seal with a stylised animal on the base; a rectangular seal with a motif on each face. 6.97 grams total, 12-18 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Neo-Babylonian Stone Frog Amulet with Man Plucking a Fruit from a Tree
750-332 B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Modelled in the round on a rectangular plaque with incuse image to the underside: figure in ankle-length robe plucking a fruit from a tree. 3.28 grams, 18 mm
Old private French collection. Anonymous sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015. Private European collection, acquired in 2015. -
Western Asiatic White Stone Bead Necklace String
Circa 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of oblate, annular and other beads, restrung. 6.4 grams, 36 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Painted Bird Vessel
8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Hollow-formed piriform body with three columnar legs, strap handle with applied detailing and applied collar, tapering neck and strigine head with applied loops to the eyes. 442 grams, 17 cm high
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman.
