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LOT 1361
Large West Central Asian Bronze Double Sun-Whorl Seal Matrix
CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.
1 7/8 in. (38.7 grams, 48 mm).
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face and a flat back with a loop handle, the design consisting of a central circle from which two layers of bands spread towards the edge.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex property of a West London businessman.
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.
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LOT 1361
Large West Central Asian Bronze Double Sun-Whorl Seal Matrix
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Mesopotamian Alabaster Bowl
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Conical with a narrow, slightly rounded base; repaired. 1.66 kg, 22 cm diameter
Acquired in the early 2000s. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12705-235147. -
Old Babylonian Alabaster Vessel with Recumbent Lamassu
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £2,250
Deep elongated vessel, carved with an image of a reclining Lamassu on one side, the hind legs and the right front leg tucked beneath the body, the left front leg raised on the side of the head, the head modelled in the half-round with a characteristic long beard and hair framing the face; accompanied by a display stand. 781 grams, 19.5 cm (1.12 kg total including stand)
From an important London-Geneva collection, formed before 1988, by family descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13371-258817.
The Lamassu was a protective deity related to several Mesopotamian civilisations (Assyrian in particular, where it was represented as a winged bull-man). They were considered beneficial and protective spirits, guardians of the doors with an apotropaic function, destined to ward off dark or hostile forces. -
Luristan Bronze Antelope Statuette
13th-7th cenury B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Depicted standing with head erect and prominent curving horns; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 98 grams, 96 mm (279 grams, 22.6 cm including stand)
From a private collection, since 1989. Ex West London, UK collection.
