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LOT 1079
Jemdet Nasr Type White Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figures
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (30 grams, 25 mm).
Drum-shaped with row of seated figures, mainly executed with a drill, framed with a row of pellets; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-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.
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LOT 1079
Jemdet Nasr Type White Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figures
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Luristan Bronze Finial with Master of Animals
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
A bifacial sceptre head formed as a 'Master of Animals' atop a collared tubular stem, comprising two slender crescentic arms representing slender beasts with ridged backs and roaring mouths, each in the grip of the Master standing crowned between them; the Master with tubular body, animal-like ears, prominent nose above a small mouth and wearing a neck ring and domed headdress; mounted on a display stand. 213 grams total, 19.7 cm including stand
Ex Capitaine Patrick Pakenham, Geneva, Switzerland, acquired in the 1960s-1970s, thence by succession. 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. -
Western Asiatic Style Gemstone with Inscribed Sun and Lion
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Polished carnelian plaque with incised Šir-o Xoršid symbol of the Iranian state. 21.3 grams, 77 mm
Private collection, London, UK. 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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Mesopotamian Bronze Standing Zoomorphic Torch Bearer
Early Dynastic II, mid 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10,000
Comprising a bulbous body with addorsed vulpine heads, standing on a rectangular base and with a circular cage supported on four curved arms above the back; each head with sockets to the eyes to accept inset cabochons. 2.28 kg, 17.5 cm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12695-236266. 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.
The object belongs to a series of artefacts which attest the wide regional trade existing in the mid to late 3rd millennium B.C. in the Mesopotamian lands. Stands of this type were intended to hold offering bowls or lamps.
