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LOT 1188
Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Gryphon
NEO BABYLONIAN, 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
3/4 in. (7.3 grams, 21 mm).
Trapezoidal rock crystal seal pierced at the apex, with re-engraved intaglio advancing winged gryphon; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
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Large Neo-Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,210
With figural frieze between two borders of guilloche ornament: central hero-figure with axe in one raised hand, the other gripping the foreleg of a winged rampant gryphon, with recumbent goat at his feet; behind, radiant sun above a monkey sitting on the rump of a horse with a second gryphon attacking; opposed rampant ibexes flanking a tree; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 65.7 grams, 44 mm
From 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. -
Achaemenid Gold Ram Earring
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
The shank formed from a group of twisted rods developing to a hollow-formed conical bulb with ram's head finial; applied filigree detailing, beaded wire horns, hook closure. 2.18 grams, 22 mm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung designer necklace with spherical and other graduated beads, centrepiece an ovoid glass pendant with hatched detailing. 17.1 grams, 34.5 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery.
