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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
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Books and Catalogues on Fossils and Natural History - 3 Titles
1988-2014 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Scunthorpe Museum - The Natural History of the Frodingham Ironstone, 1988, card covers, 24 pp, black-and-white illustrations; The Dinosaur Project, Egg & Embryo, Exhibition Guide, 1995, card covers, 16 pp, colour images; The Canterbury Auction Galleries - The contents of the showrooms of the mineralogists and geologists Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, Thursday 12th June 2014. 445 grams total, 21 x 15 - 29.7 x 21.3 cm
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Christie's and Sotheby's Japanese Art Auction Catalogues - 30 Titles
1987-2015 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
CHRISTIE'S: Japanese Works of Art, London, 20 March 1991; Japanese Works of Art, London, 11 November 1991; Japanese Works of Art, London, 18 March 1992; Japanese Works of Art, London, 16 June 1992; Japanese Works of Art, London, 15 April 1996; Arts of the Samurai & Japanese Art and Design, London, 6-7 June 2000; The Duncan Beresford-Jones Collection, London, 7 June 2000; Japanese Art and Design, London, 16 November 2000; An Important European Collection of Netsuke, London, 14 November 2001; Japanese art & Design, South Kensington, 11 May 2011; SOTHEBY'S: Japanese Works of Art, London, 17-18 June 1987; Japanese Works of Art, London, 10-11 March 1988; Japanese Works of Art, London, 20-21 June 1988; Japanese Works of Art, London, 7-8 November 1988; Japanese Works of Art, Paintings, Swords and Sword Fittings, London, 13 and 20 March 1989; Japanese Works of Art, Paintings, Swords and Sword Fittings, London, 19-20 March 1990; Japanese Works of Art, Screens and Paintings, London, 22-23 November 1990; Japanese Works of Art, Prints and Paintings, London, 13-14 June 1991; Japanese Works of Art, Screens and Paintings, London, 14-15 November 1991; Japanese Works of Art, Screens and Paintings, London, 19 March 1992; Japanese Works of Art, Prints and Paintings, London, 18-19 June 1992; Japanese Works of Art, London, 11-12 November 1993; Japanese Works of Art, Prints and Paintings, London, 17 November 1994; Japanese Works of Art, New York, 2 December 1994, Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 17 October 1995; Japanese Works of Art, Paintings and Screens, London, 17 April 1996; Japanese Works of Art, Prints and Paintings, London, 8 June 2000; Japanese Works of Art, Paintings and Prints, London, 14-15 November 2000; Japanese Works of Art, Prints and Paintings, London, 19 June 2001; The Soul of Japanese Aesthetics. The Tsuneichi Inoue Collection, London, 13 May 2015. 18 kg total, 27.2 x 21 cm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Books on Archaeology and Ancient Art - 7 Titles
1973-2001 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Harry M. Stewart - Egyptian Shabtis, Shire Egyptology, card cover, 64 pp, 52 black-and-white illustrations; Ancient Art in the Virginia Museum, 1973, hardcover with cloth, 142 pp, colour and black-and-white images; R.D. Van Arsdell - The Forgery of the 'Haslemere Hoard', BNTA Special Publication No. 1, 1986, pamphlet, 14 pp; Coins & Antiquities magazine, February 1999; Minerva- The international Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology magazine, January/February 2001, Volume 12 Number 1; Minerva- The international Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology magazine, March/April 2001, Volume 12 Number 2; Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Abridged and Illustrated, London, 1979, hardcover with dustjacket, 256 pp. 3.19 kg total, 21 x 15 - 31.3 x 23.5 cm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.
