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LOT 0214
Large Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Two Registers
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (54.6 grams, 52 mm).
With linear and ropework borders, frieze in two registers: the upper with seated and standing figures wearing tiered robes, the lower with antelopes, human figures and fronds. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.077.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 213, for type.
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LOT 0214
Large Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Two Registers
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung; composedof polished stone, shell and glass beads of various types, including a number of decoratively ribbed examples. 20.1 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Birds
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With incised and drilled bird motifs. 8.8 grams, 17 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.02. London collection, 2016. -
Uruk Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Featuring three vertical grooves separating the seal into three separate panels, each drilled with a female figure seated beside pots; drilled vertically for suspension. 15.7 grams, 22 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.
