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LOT 1329
Graeco-Persian Bronze Vessel
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (252 grams, 18.6 cm).
With flat base and sloping walls, incised circle at the inner base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Neo Sumerian Hardstone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
Circa 2200-2100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Featuring a finely carved single register with a male figure seated on a throne, probably a deified king, resting one of his arms on the throne and the other outstretched in the act of giving or receiving, wearing a flounced robe of descending layers in Babylonian style, a crescent moon above the king; before him a worshipper and a supplicant goddess. 1.8 grams, 20 mm
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous typed cataloguing card. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Calligraphic Carnelian Gemstone
19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Ellipsoid carnelian plaque with Kufic script legend. 0.60 grams, 11 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Old Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Frieze depicting a kneeling huntsman with inverted spear and khopesh facing a rampant ibex with head turned away, crouching gryphon with forelegs raised, bird in flight preying on a recumbent ibex; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.24 grams, 15 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G.Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
