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LOT 1224
Kassite Red Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (41 grams total, 12.1 x 9.2 cm).
With frieze depicting two Lama goddesses approaching a seated figure, two columns of cuneiform text; mounted on a reinforced card with impression and collector's handwritten text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAntonovitch Gallery, Paris, 1978.
Chesnes Gallery, Lyon, 1982.
Acquired at Drouot, Paris, 2022.
Private collection, London.
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 1224
Kassite Red Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
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Aramaic Silver Plaque
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Sheet-silver rectangle with impressed text; unfolded. 0.52 grams, 46 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. 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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Opening Bid: £250
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UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman. 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. -
Phoenician Bronze Inscribed Stamp Seal
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Bell-shaped in profile with geometric design and legend, suspension look to the top. 3.62 grams, 11 mm
Ex London, UK, gentleman 1980-1990s. 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.
