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LOT 1220
Anatolian Steatite Seal with Bird
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (28.7 grams, 36.5 mm).
Plano-convex in profile with a lightly inscribed antique legend to domed face (including Arabic name and numeral '1298'); underside with reserved figure of a bird with wings spread.
ProvenanceWith Artemis Gallery, Munich, 1980s.
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, November 1992.
European private collection.
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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LOT 1220
Anatolian Steatite Seal with Bird
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Anatolian Yellow Stone Cylinder Seal with Horned Quadruped
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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: 'Description of Cylinder Seal of Yellow Stone (?), 31 x 23.5 mm. Standing horned quadruped with plant(?) between splayed legs, before it three figure of human form, the first seated, the other two standing, the first of them holding up a weapon(?), the other a branch(?) ; all three face away from the horned animal , and there is a tree in front of the last of the three. This is a very unusual piece, and the cylinder is irregular as though an existing piece of material had been used without trimming to a regular shape. Most probably second millennium and from Syria or Anatolia. Condition very good.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 24.8 grams, 31 mm
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in November 1987. 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. -
Western Asiatic Enamelled Calligraphic Copper Bowl
Early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The body decorated with two bands of advancing deer on a polychrome field, the lower band with a single bird amongst the deer, two further bands of calligraphic inscription to the body. 477 grams, 17 cm
Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s. From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent. From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK. 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 Stone Weight
2nd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £325
Conical in profile with flat base and U-shaped channel through the apex. 10.6 kg, 21.5 cm
Ex Mayfair gallery, London, UK, 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.
