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LOT 1100
Large Western Asiatic Limestone Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (25.9 grams, 31 mm).
With frieze of a hero fighting with two beasts. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.057.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 296.
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LOT 1100
Large Western Asiatic Limestone Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Western Asiatic Stone Amulet Group
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: a vulture with worn remains of shallow incised zigzagging, chipped; a trapezoid-shaped amulet pierced for suspension, a stylised human figure to one face and geometric scheme to the other. 9.98 grams total, 19-35 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Large Western Asiatic Alabaster Cylinder Seal with Procession
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
With frieze of advancing figures. 26.3 grams, 32 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection number 063. London collection, 2016. -
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Engraved with a figure seated on a throne together with a number of standing human figures and symbols in the field; drilled vertically for suspension. 11.8 grams, 33 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
