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LOT 0229
Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
CIRCA 2000-2300 B.C.
1 in. (9.21 grams, 24 mm).
With frieze depicting rearing ibexes and lions in combat; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Ex London, UK, gallery, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Western Asiatic White Marble Cylinder Seal with Standing Goddess
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Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of white marble, 32 x 19.5 mm., condition fair. Standing goddess with hand at waist, shoots growing from both sides of her body and her head; standing deity with head and wings of a bird, otherwise a human body, and holding in each hand the tail of a long-horned quadruped. From south-east Iran, c. 2900-2500 B.C. Little is known of the religion of this area, since no written information about it exists.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 21.8 grams total, 8.1-32 mm
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in September 1990. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Composed of grooved cylindrical, small multifacetted, and grooved collared beads; restrung. 28.6 grams, 45 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
