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LOT 1517
Jemdet Nasr Type Stone Cylinder Seal with Geometric Motifs
CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
3/4 in. (5.25 grams, 18 mm).
Engraved with a continuous wave design and drilled pellets.
ProvenanceUK 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.
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LOT 1517
Jemdet Nasr Type Stone Cylinder Seal with Geometric Motifs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Standing Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Free-standing; formed with a pinched face, hair held in a bun at the back of the head, arms folded across the waist, wearing a neck collar and possibly a headdress; splayed foot. 33 grams, 10.1 cm high
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex European private collection. 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. -
Neo Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Seated Goddess
5th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Plano-convex with chamfered sidewall, with incuse engraved image of a seated female holding a flower; Bivar notes in his detailed description: 'Queen, or more probably a goddess, crowned and seated to front on a throne, extending in her left hand a lily...'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.72 grams, 19.94 mm
with Christie's, London, 13 June 2000, no.517 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note typed and signed by A.D.H. (David) Bivar. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. 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. -
Mesopotamian Susa Type Stamp Seal
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
A large oval stamp seal with a loop to the top with engraved X-motifs, the underside with a quadruped and snakes, stars(?) in exergue. 20.7 grams, 39 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. Accompanied by a copy of a report from Peter Gert Van der Veen, senior lecturer of Levantine Archaeology Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. 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.
