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LOT 1110
Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (15 grams, 26.6 mm).
With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended towards a supplicant in floor-length garment offering a bird in both hands towards the first figure; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment behind the supplicant. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.
FootnotesAbout half the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text.
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LOT 1110
Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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Neo Babylonian Banded Chalcedony Stamp Seal
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Representing a worship scene with ritual animal offering; a priest with long beard and round headgear standing in front of an altar surmounted by a staff topped by a crescent; a sacrificial animal (goat?) on the altar; a later trilobate bronze pendant fastened through a modern loop to the seal. 10.4 grams, 67 mm
From a private family collection formed since the early 19th century, thence by descent. Property of a New Zealand legal professional. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12331-223714.
The worshipper performing the sacrifice is a priest, wearing a brimmed, rounded headdress under which his shoulder-length hair emerges. In front of him, the staff (symbol of Nabû) is surmounted by the crescent moon. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £190
Including oblate, barrel-shaped and other types. 4.99 grams total, 2-9 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in dense Naskh script, fifteen lines of dense black ink text to each side in a rectangular border with liquid gold fill, red diacritics and liquid gold rings as punctuation. 2 grams, 12.5 x 19 cm
Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
