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LOT 1233
Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Sea Creatures
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (5.86 grams, 15 mm).
Frieze of drilled figures with bilobed bodies and radiating limbs.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Cultic Scene
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Comprising a tall facetted body pierced at the top, underside engraved with a robed figure in the worshipping attitude before an altar, star above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.76 grams, 26 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. 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. -
Jemdet Nasr Type Cylinder Seal with Figures
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Drum-shaped with drilled frieze of scenes depicting a seated figure on a segmented seat. 27.4 grams, 23 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.