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LOT 0294
Achaemenid Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with King Grasping Rampant Winged Lions
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (3.39 grams, 24 mm).
Biconical with median gusset, gryphon and beast-tamer image.
ProvenanceEx 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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LOT 0294
Achaemenid Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with King Grasping Rampant Winged Lions
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
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Babylonian Hardstone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Featuring a finely carved single register with a male figure seated on a throne, probably a deified king, resting one of his arms on the throne and the other outstretched in the act of giving or receiving, wearing a flounced robe of descending layers in Babylonian style, a crescent moon above the king; before him a worshipper and a supplicant goddess. 1.8 grams, 20 mm
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. -
Neo Babylonian Glass Stamp Seal with Beast-Tamer
800-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Conical in profile with rounded top and piercing; underside with intaglio motif of a standing figure in a kilt with arms extended above two addorsed rampant beasts. 4.22 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1979-1999. -
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Erotic Scene
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bell-shaped in profile with gusset to rim; base with intaglio scene of two lovers. 3.17 grams, 16 mm
From the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1979-1999.
