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LOT 1472
Mesopotamian Black Stone Four-Sided Seal with Heads and Animals
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
3/4 in (3.66 grams, 18.16 mm).
Rectangular in section with incuse design to each face: running feline; crouching figure with arms spread; rearing quadruped; advancing figure in tall headdress; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mr W.
Magee, Hartlepool, County Durham, UK, 1960s-1990s, thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previous cataloguing information card.
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LOT 1472
Mesopotamian Black Stone Four-Sided Seal with Heads and Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Jemdet Nasr Type Marble Gazelle Seal
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Plano-convex in section with ellipsoid body, high-relief legs and reversed head; underside with incuse animal motifs. 11.08 grams, 31 mm
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Gold Pendant Group
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Comprising hollow-formed animal heads and others. 0.93 grams total, 8-14 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Socketted Spearhead
9th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Leaf-shaped blade with raised midrib and a tapering round socket. 128 grams, 27.2 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The spear, belonging to type 3 of the Khorasani classification, was used by chariot fighters to strike each other or the enemy infantry from above. Similar specimens with longer sockets were excavated by Negahban in the Amlash area. According to Moorey, sockets as long, if not longer than the blade, are a characteristic of spearheads in the late 2nd and early 1st millennium B.C. A similar spearhead from the Tappeh Sialk has been dated to the 9th-7th century B.C.
