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LOT 0210
Anatolian Stone Stamp Seal
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (5.3 grams, 24 mm.).
Triangular in section with three figural scenes: (A) two serpents, opposed; (B) bird with wings spread; (C) regardant quadruped with tail raised; pierced longitudinally; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
Accompanied by a previous illustrated catalogue slip.
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LOT 0210
Anatolian Stone Stamp Seal
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Rock Crystal and Other Necklace Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £182
Including polished types and including spherical, facetted, amorphous and other shapes. 43 grams total, 5-17 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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Western Asiatic Bronze Handle
Circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With suspension loop, rectangular-section shank, recurved lower body with ribbed cross-section, acorn finial. 61 grams, 10.9 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Hasanlu Bronze Pin with Ram's Head Finial
9th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With a tapering round-section shank, finial topped with a ram's head. 110 grams, 16.5 cm
From the collection of late George Withers, UK. Acquired from Dore and Rees, UK. Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
The corpus of pins from Hasanlu includes simple plain pins, pins with lion's head and other zoomorphic pins. The zoomorphic pins were either cast onto a bronze shank or the pin was inserted into a hollow of the head. A third category was that of the pins cast in one piece, like our specimen, representing a goat or mouflon, an animal often depicted in the North-West Persian material culture.
