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LOT 1413
Large Anatolian Steatite Seal with Carved Bird
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (28.7 grams, 36.5 mm).
Plano-convex in profile with a lightly inscribed antique legend to domed face (including Arabic name and numeral '1298'); underside with reserved figure of a bird with wings spread.
ProvenanceWith Artemis Gallery, Munich, 1980s.
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, November 1992.
European private collection.
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LOT 1413
Large Anatolian Steatite Seal with Carved Bird
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Achaemenid Blue Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
Late 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £59
Composed of small annular beads, restrung. 4.57 grams, 36.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Silver Buckle Group
6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Each a kidney-shaped loop and a D-shaped buckle plate, one pierced to accept rivets and the other with pierced lugs to the underside. 21.48 grams total, 32-34 mm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Old Babylonian Hematite Cylinder Seal with the Moon God Sin
Mesopotamia, 1900-1700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With incuse frieze; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of hematite, 19 x 9.5 mm., condition good. Three standing figures: to the right a standing god with horned tiara, holding a scimitar in the left hand, the right clasped at the waist; facing him a standing goddess holding a spouting jar, above her a fish perhaps with lion's face; to the left a god with short dress holding up a shepherd's crook. Old Babylonian, c. 1800-1600 B.C., but probably from northern Mesopotamia. The god with the crook is Amurru, god of shepherding. The other two cannot be identified.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.9 grams, 18 mm
Mr K. Kobayashi, Osaka, Japan, prior to 1992. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1992.
