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LOT 0271
Jemdet Nasr Type Marble Gazelle Seal
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (11.08 grams, 31 mm).
Plano-convex in section with ellipsoid body, high-relief legs and reversed head; underside with incuse animal motifs.
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 0271
Jemdet Nasr Type Marble Gazelle Seal
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£650 (EUR 754; USD 878) ‡+BP*
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South Arabian Bronze Bowl Featuring a Hunting Scene and Inscription
Southwestern Arabia, Kingdom of Ma’in, circa 3rd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £5,500 - 7,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,750
Broad and squat with impressed guilloche below the inner rim, repoussé frieze with fleeing ibex attacked by a gryphon and kneeling archer to the rear; central rosette; seven incised characters to inner face and four to outer face. 277 grams, 15.5 cm
Saleh family collection, Germany, formed prior to 1972. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12809-241324.
The presence of decorated bronze bowls during the later Pre-Islamic period, mainly in the territories of the modern Emirates, is well documented. Many decorated bowls and bowl fragments were discovered at Mleiha; one or more possible fragments were found at ed-Dur, and a single bowl comes from a Pre-Islamic period C tomb in Dibba. They are also similar to the so-called Phoenician - or, more correctly, Levantine - bowls produced in the 9th-early 7th century B.C. They combine local Levantine elements with imagery borrowed from Mesopotamia and Egypt, and local Arabian themes, such as camel and horse riding, often composed in radial zones. -
Western Asiatic Engraved Carnelian Calligraphic Intaglio
Late 19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An oval intaglio with a two-line inscription. 1.54 grams, 17 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London. -
Sasanian Carnelian Stamp Seal with Fish
Circa 3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid type with ellipsoid face and incuse fish motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.42 grams, 13.87 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
