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LOT 0286
Achaemenid Stone Cylinder Seal
600-400 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (17 grams, 30 mm).
Sacrifice scene comprising: bearded male in profile wearing a dentilled cap, pleated kilt and jacket, sword in one hand and the other holding the horns of a rearing ibex; small figure with deer over his shoulders beneath a winged sun-disc; objects in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Weber, O., Altorientalische Siegelbilder, Leipzig, 1920, nos.538, 542, 564ff.
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LOT 0286
Achaemenid Stone Cylinder Seal
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Openwork discoid seal with anthropomorphic motif; 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 Bronze. 57x59x17 mm. This is round, with flat compartmented and open-work face. The back has a stout suspension loop. The design on the face is of a standing creature -- human with bird's head -- and filling shapes. This comes from West Central Asia and dates to c. 2300-1900 B.C. It is a rare design and the seal is in fair condition: some of the edge of the plain outer band is lost.' 53 grams, 58 mm
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Modelled in the round, the rider perched on the camel's single hump, holding the reins in his left hand, right arm raised. 17.5 grams, 49 mm long
Acquired in the 1980s. From a French collection. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman.
