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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
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of irregular beads interspersed with small spherical glass beads; restrung. 18.7 grams, 40.5 cm
Ex London, UK, art market 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: frieze with linear geometric figures, two columns of cuneiform text; drilled images of scorpions and other zoomorphs; leaping ibexes in profile and vertical fish; nude figure with arms behind his back standing between serpents, confronting a robed figure with knife beneath a star; fragment with kneeling figure in profile holding a spear; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.13 grams total, 11-20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Bactrian Bronze Zoomorphic Stamp Seal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid seal with a small loop on the reverse, underside with a horned quadruped standing right, a tall slender tree before the animal and an X-motif above and below. 5.02 grams, 28 mm
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, acquired 1970-2000s.
