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LOT 1486
Jemdet Nasr Type Pink Jasper Cylinder Seal with Ibexes
CIRCA 3100-2900 B.C.
3/4 in. (10.7 grams, 18.76 mm).
Carved with a band of stylised running horned quadrupeds; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx H. Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, collected in the 1980s-1990s.
Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue information card.
See The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.1999.325.1.
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LOT 1486
Jemdet Nasr Type Pink Jasper Cylinder Seal with Ibexes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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3rd-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
A carved D-section male head with a triangular nose and a shallow eye-socket, mounted on a custom-made stand. 7.3 kg total, 28 cm including stand
Fine condition, chipped.
Ex property of a North London gentleman; formerly in a West German collection, Cologne. -
Northern Syrian Bronze Female Figure
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £152
The upper part of a flat-backed female figurine, her arms crossed at the chest and wearing a conical headdress. 44.7 grams, 55 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Scorpion
Circa 3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Plano-convex type with incuse scorpion to the underside. 3.24 grams, 14.76 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
