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LOT 0211
Mesopotamian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal with Figures and Gold Pendant Mount
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (11.78 grams, 33 mm).
The seal displaying a frieze of drilled human figures possibly bearing cultic accoutrements, together with a bee-like insect; mounted on a later gold hoop.
ProvenanceFrom a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.
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LOT 0211
Mesopotamian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal with Figures and Gold Pendant Mount
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: a pillow-shaped carnelian amulet pierced through the notched upper edge, hatched panels to both faces; a triangular-section stamp seal displaying ring-and-dot motifs and a possible animal figure; a plano-convex stamp seal bearing a geometric motif; a square-shaped lapis lazuli amulet engraved with a horned quadruped standing right. 19.4 grams total, 12-24 mm
Collected since the 1970s. Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017. -
Bactrian Gold Earring Pair
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Opening Bid: £150
Each composed of an ear hook with circular cells at the neck and triangular plaque composed of graduated gold bulbs. 3.16 grams, 18 mm each
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Adze-Axe
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
The cylindrical socket displaying three raised dot-in-ring motifs running vertically to both faces, crescentic adze-head to one side, axehead to the other with channel to upper face and slightly flared blade. 621 grams, 16.5 cm
Ex-Architect Moshe Kaufman collection, Tel Aviv.
