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LOT 1048
Large Western Asiatic Steatite Stamp Seal with Quadruped
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 7/8 in. (34.3 grams, 48 mm).
Square in plan and convex in section with tubular piercing, incuse image of a quadruped standing beside a tree. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 1048
Large Western Asiatic Steatite Stamp Seal with Quadruped
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Western Asiatic Bronze Axe-Shaped Pendant
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising a broad crescentic blade, balustered shank extending to pierced bulb finial. 22.3 grams, 80 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Gold Bucket-Shaped Earring
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Sheet gold drum-shaped body with domed lower face, two rows of repoussé pellets, short loop. 3.1 grams, 23 mm
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Akkadian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With incuse frieze depicting a standing robed figure with one leg and one arm extended, holding a sceptre towards a supplicant in ankle-length garment standing beside a frond; sun-disc above the bird's head; third standing figure in flounced garment and with both hands raised above an altar. 7.43 grams, 22.84 mm
From a Scottish private collection, Perthshire, 1990s.
About one third of the surface of the seal has been left blank; this was probably intended to be inscribed with a cuneiform text.
