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LOT 1366
Eastern Sasanian Engraved Chalcedony Stamp Seal
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (12.3 grams, 23 mm).
Plano-convex seal pierced through the body, the underside with a stylised figure.
ProvenanceEx private French collection of Mr M., 1980s.
UK private collection, acquired in London art market in the 2000s.
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LOT 1366
Eastern Sasanian Engraved Chalcedony Stamp Seal
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Neo-Babylonian Bronze Duck Weight of 1 Shekel
Circa 800-600 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
In the shape of a sleeping duck, with its head turned towards its tail and with a flat striated base. 7.75 grams, 18 mm
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK, 1970 onwards. -
Mesopotamian White Stone Seal with Water Creatures
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Domed seal with projecting collars, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp seal of white stone, 37 x 41 x 15 mm., a collared hemi-spheroid, pierced horizontally. Design: a circle of water creatures around a central one. Mesopotamia, c. 3000 B.C. Design corroded.' 26.9 grams, 42 mm
From a London collection in the 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly slip typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. Accompanied by a previous dealer's sales ticket. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £12
Comprising: a white stone cylinder seal with lozenges and 'eye' motifs; a brown stone cylinder seal with a standing robed figure and a standing quadruped; a small cream cylinder with three deeply carved motifs; a black stone fragment showing the body of a seated figure; a black stone cylinder seal fragment showing a winged genie and two smaller standing figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 16.03 grams total, 13-25 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
