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LOT 1052
Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection by Beatrice Teissier
1984 A.D.
11 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (2.03 kg, 28.8 x 22.5 cm).
Teissier, Beatrice, hardcover with dustjacket, 407 pp, profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx UK gallery, early 2000s.
FootnotesThe cylinder seals catalogued and described in this volume are part of an exceptional collection of seals amassed by the Marcopoli family in Aleppo. The collection contains one of the most comprehensive groupings of cylinder seals discovered so far. Some 720 cylinder seals are discussed and described.
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LOT 1052
Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection by Beatrice Teissier
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Gerhard Hirsch German Antiquities Auction Catalogue Group - 25 Titles
2000-2012 A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Auktion 207 - Antiken - 16th February 2000; Auktion 210 - Antiken - 20th & 21st September 2000; Auktion 213 - Antiken - 14th February 2001; Auktion 216 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 26th & 27th September 2001; Auktion 219 - Antiken - 20th & 21st February 2002; Auktion 222 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 24th & 25th September 2002; Auktion 225 - Antiken - 12th & 13th February 2003; Auktion 232 - Antiken - 10th & 11th February, 2004; Auktion 241 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 20th, 21st & 22nd September 2005; Auktion 235 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 21st & 22nd September 2004; Auktion 238 - Antiken - 16th February 2005; Auktion 241 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 20th, 21st & 22nd September 2005; Auktion 243 - Antiken - 14th February 2006; Auktion 246 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 19th & 20th September 2006; Auktion 248 - Antiken - 6th February 2007; Auktion 252 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Sammlung Dieter Haggenmiller, Antiken - 25th & 26th September 2007; Auktion 254 - Antiken - 13th February 2008; Auktion 257 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 23rd & 24th September 2008; Auktion 259 - Antiken - 10th & 11th February 2009; Auktion 262 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 22nd & 23rd September 2009; Auktion 265 - Antiken - 9th & 10th February 2010; Auktion 268 - Praekolumbischen Kunst, Antiken - 21st & 22nd September 2010; Auktion 270 - Antiken - 15th & 16th February, 2011; Auktion 274 - Antiken, Arkaeologische Literatur - 20th & 21st September, 2011; Auktion 278 - Antiken - 7th February, 2012. 10 kg total, 26.5 x 19.5 cm each
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Old Numismatic Coin Literature and Catalogue Group - 24 Titles
20th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group, including: Nomismata 1, 27-30 April, 1994; Acta Archaeologica, Vol XXXI, 1960; offprint from Eretz-Israel, Archaeological, Historical and geographical Studies, volume nineteen, Michael Avi-Jonah Memorial Volume, 1987; Revue Des Etudes Anciennes, Tome XCI - 1989 1-2, L'or Perse et L'Histoire Grecque; Pierre Rousel, Un Syrien Au Service de Rome et D'Octave, Extrait de la Revue Syria 1934; Arthur Houghton, A Colossal Head in Antakya and the Portraits of Seleucus I, Separatum aus Antike Kunst, 1986; and others. 1.76 kg total, 27 x 21.1 - 29.5 x 21 cm
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Terracottas in the British Museum, Volume I - 2 Titles
1965 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
R.A. Higgins - Greek: 730-330 BC, Text - London, 1965, hardback with dustwrapper, 431 pp, line drawings; Plates - London, 1965, hardback with dustwrapper, 208 pp, monochrome; both dustwrappers torn. 3.5 kg total, 29 x 23 cm each
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
