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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 Silver Mount Pair
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two rectangular-section penannular shanks with applied pellet clusters and incised herringbone lines. 12.4 grams total, 26-27 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
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Proto-Sumerian Pictographic Tablet
Uruk III, circa 3200-3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
Tongue-shaped plaque, lentoid in section with segmented layout to each face, impressed pellets and geometric figures; supplied with a display stand. 155 grams, 10.3 cm (251 grams total, 11.2 cm high including stand)
From an important collection formed before 1988. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and 1990s. Ex J.L. collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12418-226307. -
Mesopotamian White Stone Cylinder Seal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
With frieze depicting a post or bush between two opposed figures, one with tight-fitting trousers and arms bent towards the other with knee-length kilt and strapped garment to the chest, insect in flight between them; rosette below and three pellets above with two advancing figures in long tiered robes with one arm raised, the leading figure holding a sword at his wait, the following figure with one hand on a pedestal, sun-wheel above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 22 grams, 34 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12420-226378.
