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LOT 1114
Large Elamite Silver Pendant with Birds
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (35 grams, 11 cm).
Sheet-silver triangular plaque formed as a stack of containers with securing ropes, two oppose birds at the shoulder, loop to reverse.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
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 1114
Large Elamite Silver Pendant with Birds
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Old Babylonian Red Agate Cylinder Seal with Geometric Design
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Cylindrical with a narrow panel of geometric motifs; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.15 grams, 22 mm
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Circa 1200-1000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of 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 soft black stone, 29 x 16 mm. Condition fine. Seated deity with bird on wrist, facing horned quadruped with bird on hind quarters, standing human figure behind horned quadruped; fillers: seven dots, two swords(?), unidentified item. From North Syria or Anatolia, c. 1200-1000 B.C. The god holding the bird is probably the storm god, Teshub, though he could be known at this period by another name.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 14.7 grams, 28 mm
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in January 1989. 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.
