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LOT 1155
Mesopotamian Cylinder Seal Group with Scenes
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (8.41 grams total, 18-20 mm).
Comprising: larger example with three figures in flounced robes and a fourth in advancing pose; smaller with three females in tight-fitting robes, a guilloche, an ankh and other items in the field. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
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A restrung designer necklace comprising annular, tubular, oblate and other types. 15.7 grams, 37.5 cm
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Mesopotamian Cylinder Seal with Drinking and Animal Combat Scenes
Circa 2400-2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
With drinking scenes; accompanied by 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 Translucent Greenstone / 31 x 12 mm. The engraved area is divided into two registers by a double line. Above is a drinking scene: two seated drinkers, each with a large ot of beer, and between the pots a standing servant. Below is a contest scene: two crossed lions molest each a horned animal. The horned animal on the left is upended, and is succoured by a hero. This comes from Mesopotamia and dates to c. 2400-2200 B.C. It is nicely engraved and in excellent state of preservation.' 8.09 grams, 31 mm
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet Pair
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two penannular bracelets with ribbed bodies expanding at the centre. 40.2 grams total, 55 mm each
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.
