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LOT 1339
Bactrian Banded Agate Talismanic Pendant
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (7.95 grams, 30 mm).
Discoid pendant with slightly domed faces carved from banded agate, rectangular tab above and below, the upper one pierced for suspension.
ProvenanceEx French collection of Mr C, prior 2000.
UK private collection, acquired from the above, 2000s.
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LOT 1339
Bactrian Banded Agate Talismanic Pendant
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a grey steatite seal with a geometric pattern; a concave grey steatite seal with a linear pattern; a black steatite seal with a zig-zag motif; a steatite seal with a man wearing a Syrian fur-trimmed skirt, a figure in a fringed skirt, partition, a frontal nude woman, partition, a figure in a skirt and a tree; a dark grey granite seal with three dashed figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 15.3 grams total, 12-19 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.6, 7, 19, 42, 68. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
4th-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising: frieze with three robed figures flanking a hatched column; two ibexes contending with looped necks, standing bird behind; deeply cut linear image of rearing ibexes; shallow-cut image of a hero with raised arm fending off a winged gryphon, star in the field; frieze with facing hero wrestling two rearing beasts; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 28.7 grams total, 18-32 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Luristan Bronze Goat Statuette
Circa 9th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Modelled standing with its legs splayed, long curving horns and projecting eyes, a collar around the neck and pierced through the shoulders. 13.5 grams, 36 mm
Ex A.H.B. collection, 1970s-1990s. Accompanied by a previous dealer's sales ticket.
