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LOT 0212
Judaean Gem with Lion and Hebrew Inscription
CIRCA 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (5.05 grams, 20 mm).
Plano-convex glass seal imitating lapis lazuli with incuse leaping lion on a baseline with legend below, unpierced.
ProvenanceFrom the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
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LOT 0212
Judaean Gem with Lion and Hebrew Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
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Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Black stone with a figure wearing a long robe and horned cap, holding a sceptre, other hand raised in greeting to a central male figure seated on a bull; behind a bearded male figure wearing long robes and horned cap and carrying a sceptre; behind a panel with four rows of cuneiform text. 4.24 grams, 14 mm
From an important North London collection formed in the late 1980s. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung designer necklace with carnelian tubular, spherical, polyhedral and other beads, with a later Indian heart-shaped pendant. 41.5 grams, 34.5 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Quadrupeds
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
With frieze of advancing quadrupeds in three tiers; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.07 grams, 18 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.
