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LOT 1087
Levantine Limestone Cylinder Seal
12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
3/4 in. (2.23 grams, 20 mm).
With incuse frieze depicting a herdsman with a goat beside a structure (possibly a hearth with flame); supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market, 1980s.
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Graeco-Persian Bronze Vessel
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With flat base and sloping walls, incised circle at the inner base. 252 grams, 18.6 cm
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Late Assyrian Yellow Chalcedony Cylinder Seal with Standing God
800-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
With standing divine figure and animals, restrung pair of red stone beads, old handwritten label '1605'; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Yellow Chalcedony with Ivory Coating in Part. 33 x 16 mm. The engraving shows a standing god dressed in a long robe open at the front, from which one leg projects, holding off on either side a winged quadruped which is facing backwards. This is typical Late Assyrian or Late Babylonian seal dating c. 800-600 B.C., engraved with a combination of cutting wheel and drill. The purpose of the scene is to display the power of the god, no doubt meant as the god of the seal owner, but there is nothing to indicate exactly which god the seal engraver had in mind. Apart from a chip off the upper edge not reaching the design, the seal is in very good state of preservation.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 16.7 grams, 33 mm
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in 1991. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Chalcolithic Terracotta Female Figure
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Modelled in the round kneeling female figure with hands placed on the hips, applied breasts and hair, pinched facial features, impressed eyes and detailing to the collars; flared legs to the reverse. 130 grams, 12.5 cm
Acquired 1979-1999. From the collection of a late London, UK, gentleman. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
