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LOT 0217
Achaemenid Stone Stamp Seal with Gryphon
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (11.7 grams, 23 mm).
Plano-convex with stepped profile, underside with intaglio scene of a crouching gryphon, with crescent and other items in the field.
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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LOT 0217
Achaemenid Stone Stamp Seal with Gryphon
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll
2nd-8th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
A rectangular sheet-lead panel with columns of lightly incised Aramaic text; the sheet originally rolled tightly. 25.2 grams, 14.5 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1979-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
The item was possibly meant to be a defixio or curse tablet on which the malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up) so that the victim could not find it or negate it. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Including spherical, tubular, biconvex and other types, some with granule detailing. 8.32 grams total, 1-14 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s. -
Bactrian Lidded Silver Vessel with Leopards
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Sheet-silver pyxis with tapering sides and slightly curved base, everted rim; discoid lid with lip, impressed cruciform design with zigzags in the quadrants; sidewall with impressed frieze of leopards in profile, ring-and-dot and chased detailing to fur. 50 grams, 87 mm high
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
