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LOT 1206
Akkadian Grey Stone Cylinder Seal
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (17.2 grams, 30 mm).
With combat scene of a standing figure grappling with two rearing ibexes each looking backwards towards a rearing horse; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important London collection, 1980s-2000s.
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Abbasid Three-Colour Lustre Pottery Bowl Group
10th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £576
Of rounded form on short foot with everted lip, each with hatched decoration on the reverse; one with stylised palmettes on dense dotted and hatched ground; the other with radial composition with floral branches; restored. 598 grams total, 18-19.2 cm
with Christie's, South Kensington, Art & Textiles of The Islamic & Indian Worlds, 8 April 2011, no.142. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12723-235153. -
Early Parthian Carnelian Bead with Gold End Caps
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Columnar bead with sheet-gold cap to each end, each with beaded circlets and applied granule clusters, domed end with loop; possibly assembled. 17.44 grams, 60 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung designer necklace string of melon, oblate and other types with a large oblate pendant centrepiece. 39.3 grams, 39.5 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s.
