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LOT 1166
Bactrian Bronze Stamp Seal
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (99 grams, 54 mm).
Formed as three nude male figures each with one hand to the mouth and the other covering the anus; with vertical bar handle and ring finial.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 1166
Bactrian Bronze Stamp Seal
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
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With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended, holding a sceptre towards a supplicant in ankle-length garment standing beside a frond; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment and with both hands raised above an altar. 7.43 grams, 22.84 mm
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About one third of the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text. -
Amlash Terracotta Bull Rhyton
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Comprising a bulbous body with three stub legs, vertical filler spout with strap handle to the rear, bull-head finials on an arched neck with exaggerated horns and bronze rings to the ears; two short divergent spouts to the chest; with museum-style restoration. 1.7 kg, 29.5 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12259-218637.
