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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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Ancient Gold Bead Collection
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Group of large facetted biconical types. 4.51 grams total, 17-27 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. 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.
This category of bead can already be seen in Sumerian jewellery from the 'Royal Cemetery' at Ur, about 2500 B.C. In particular they can be seen on gold chains of interlocking folded rings used to secure the headdress of a man, with facetted gold forehead beads between small beads of carnelian and large ones of lapis lazuli -
Western Asiatic Gold Bead Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £325
Including biconvex, barrel-shaped and other types with applied granulation and other ornament. 8.74 grams total, 3-14 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s. 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. -
Western Asiatic Gilt Bronze Sheet with Chariots
3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Ellipsoid in plan with a hunting scene of multiple stamped images of wheeled chariots pulled by goats, radiate-headed charioteers with recurved bows, and other motifs and legend 'BAC....A....'. 24 grams, 14.1 cm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, 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.
