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LOT 0242
Mesopotamian Carnelian Cylinder Seal with Winged Horse
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (1.81 grams, 16 mm).
With intaglio frieze depicting a winged horse with one foreleg raised facing two smaller beasts among trees; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, before 1988.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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LOT 0242
Mesopotamian Carnelian Cylinder Seal with Winged Horse
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Proto-Sumerian Seal with Animals
Circa 3000 B.C. or laterEstimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Plano-convex stamp seal with design of two crouching quadrupeds placed tête-bêche; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 37.4 grams, 40 mm
Acquired in Europe in 2002. European private collection.
The motifs have been created using a drill, hence the rounded appearance. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Howling Dog Figure
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Modelled in the round with sinuous body, head raised and mouth open; possibly the bridge from a stringed instrument; mounted on a custom-made stand. 99 grams total, 52 mm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Sassanian Stamp Seal with Ibex
5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With intaglio profile image of an ibex standing with forelegs bent; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.9 grams, 13 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971.
