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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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Ex 'S' collection, London, UK. 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. 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. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Scaraboid Seal with Aramaic Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Scaraboid bead with incised legend in two lines to the underside. 3.37 grams, 11 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. 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.
