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LOT 1437
Hittite Silvered Bronze Domed Stamp Seal with Hieroglyphs
CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
1 in. (13.4 grams, 23 mm).
Plano-convex in profile with gusset to the rim; underside: central panel with geometric design, hieroglyphic text to the border; obverse: central tondo with hieroglyphs, beaded ring and geometric border; transverse piercing; an important piece.
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, private collection.
FootnotesThe so-called 'Hittite hieroglyphs' encode texts in the Luwian language of Asia Minor. Hieroglyphic Luwian is a native script, also known as 'Anatolian hieroglyphs', which was used on official or royal seals and a few monumental inscriptions.
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LOT 1437
Hittite Silvered Bronze Domed Stamp Seal with Hieroglyphs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Western Asiatic Necklace with Gold Beads
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
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Early Proto-Elamite Silver Horned Bull Pendant
3100-2900 B.C.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
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with Mahboubian Gallery, New York, acquired prior to 1969. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13140-249434.
Objects of this type are understood to be ritual or votive pendants, produced not for everyday wear but primarily for dedication in temple contexts. Bulls, goats, rams and other herd animals with horns were thematically abundant in the Ancient Near East, especially around the Iranian plateau circumscribed by the Zagros and Elbruz Mountains and multiple deserts. There are representations of bulls as pendants or votive statuettes (Mahboubian,1997, pp.59, 213, 224, 225, 225, 235, 240), vessel stands (Mahboubian, 1997, pp.40-41), vessel protomes and rhytons from Mesopotamia to Caucasus. -
Framed Double-Sided Ottoman Painted Miniature Leaf with Figure and Horse
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rectangular laid paper page mounted in a bifacial glazed wooden frame; obverse painted image of a nimbate figure with long hanks of hair advancing with arms raised, four lines of neat nasta'liq text below; reverse an advancing horse with long tail, text in two lines above and below. 720 grams, 32.5 x 22.6 cm
Private collection, UK.
