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LOT 1016
Mesopotamian Haematite Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (10.5 grams, 25 mm).
Displaying a figural frieze composed of human and animal figures; drilled vertically for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Large Western Asiatic Alabaster Cylinder Seal with Procession
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
With frieze of advancing figures. 26.3 grams, 32 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection number 063. London collection, 2016. -
Mesopotamian Chalcolithic Fertility Idol
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Displaying one remaining stub arm, an applied breast and a roughly cylindrical head and neck with recessed circular eyes; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 129 grams total, 13.5 cm high including stand
Acquired 1979-1999. From the collection of a deceased London gentleman, thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Religious Manuscript Page Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Group of sixteen paper leaves from a religious treatise, each comprising a block of twenty lines of Naskh script in black in with red sub-headings and highlighting, many framed by a large amount of handwritten marginal notation on various alignments with insertion points and references; probably from North Africa. 89 grams, 22.5 x 14.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
