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LOT 0244
Mesopotamian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Altar
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (2.83 grams, 17 mm).
With intaglio frieze depicting two worshippers addressing an altar with faravahar above, heavy barred door to the side; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx S collection, London, UK, 1980-1990s.
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LOT 0244
Mesopotamian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Altar
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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Sassanian Silver Plate with a Shah Hunting
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400
With a dynamic scene depicting a Shah on horseback shooting arrows from his bow; a leaping quadruped with an arrow through its neck racing in front of the galloping stocky horse; a fallen boar with an arrow on its back laying on the foreground, and another large boar charging towards the horse on the upper field; a hunting dog on the lower field and a pair of birds behind the horse; the king wearing a crown and mantle, a scabbard hanging from his waist; low foot to base; repaired. 505 grams, 21.3 cm wide
Private US collection, kept in Switzerland, since the 1960s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00122910. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12023-214175.
Various are the parallels for this scene, visible on many silver plates of Sassanian and Post-Sassanian periods. Good parallels can be found with plates in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Peroz or Kavad I hunting rams, Harper & Meyers,1981, p.XII, pl.17), in the Museum fur Islamische Künst, Berlin (King hunting, Harper & Meyers,1981, pl.20) and especially with the silver-gilt plate from Nizhne Shakharovka (king hunting boars, Harper & Meyers, 1981, pl.32). -
Jordanian Terracotta Dish
Early Bronze Age, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Broad dish or bowl with carianted profile, thick rim, three radiating pelleted handles at the shoulder. 1.26 kg, 27.5 cm wide
From a family collection pre 1988. -
Western Asiatic Alabaster Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Carved from a veined stone with a shallow bowl and broad rim. 167 grams, 96 mm wide
Acquired in Europe before 1992.
