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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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Sumerian Bone Cylinder Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With frieze in two registers depicting running animals, facing figure with arms raised and other items. 4.42 grams, 24 mm
Ex '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. -
Large Western Asiatic Steatite Stamp Seal with Quadruped
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Square in plan and convex in section with tubular piercing, incuse image of a quadruped standing beside a tree. 34.3 grams, 48 mm
Acquired in the 1980s. From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Luristan Bronze Armour Belt with Double Scroll Terminals
9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A broad hammered military belt or cuirass band with plain surface, the terminals shaped as a double spiral ornament, holes in the centre of both ends for fastening. 257 grams, 25.6 cm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
The rich and noble aristocrats of Luristan, Elamites, Hurrians, Lullubians, Kutians, and Kassites, went to battle splendidly equipped and used magnificent bronze armours. For metal sheets used for quiver plaques and bronze protective belts or shields, they used the hammering technique (Čakoškāri).
