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LOT 1085
Assyrian Red Stone Cylinder Seal
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (28.4 grams, 30 mm).
With intaglio frieze depicting a pair of addorsed ibexes in rampant pose, their horns held in the grip of a nude facing female with spread wings; tall male winged figure looking backwards towards the female, advancing towards two opposed hounds with heads thrown back and a small figure leaping over them holding two reeds or wands; tall male figure in pleated garment and broad-brimmed cap holding the tether of one ibex, star above; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Inscribed Lead Document Bulla
Circa 8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Discoid with two line inscription to both sides. 10 grams, 21 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal Group
1st-14th century A,D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising two seal matrices: one with a slender looped shank, intaglio design of a standing stylised bird next to a frond, a smaller bird above; the other with a balustered shank, intaglio design of a standing woman wearing a long robe, remains of inscription(?) in front. 24.4 grams total, 29 mm each
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
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Western Asiatic Chalcedony Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With incised frieze of a seated figure extending his hand to a standing figure in floor-length pleated garment, second figure behind him in a fringed robe and a third holding a sceptre in a fringed robe. 6.27 grams, 20 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.026. London collection, 2016.
