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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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Amlash Pottery Jug with Zoomorphic Handle
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Comprising a tall tubular neck and globular body, lateral strap handle with spur at the top. 522 grams, 20 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, 1988-2000s. -
Western Asiatic White and Beige Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
A mixed group of beads restrung to a Y-shape. 16.56 grams, 31.5 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s. -
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Achaemenid Silver Phiale with Central Rosette
5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,705
Squat lotiform bowl with wide everted rim, central domed mesomphalos with rosette detailing, some restoration to the rim; with custom-made box. 240 grams, 13.7 cm wide
Ex London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13067-248447.
This bowl is possibly part of a set of nearly identical vessels, probably used at the table of a high-status household, potentially that of a satrap. Persian governors (satrapes) used banquets to display their wealth and power by imitating royal banquets. It was a great honour for them to receive a drinking vessel such as this as a gift from the King of the Kings, thereby establishing their status as royal dinner guests. No doubt it took practice to drink adeptly from a vessel like this, yet the omphalos in the base would have made it easier to hold with one hand, with the middle finger hooked inside the indentation and the thumb stretched out to grip the vessel at or near the rim.
