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LOT 0215
Mesopotamian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Animal Frieze
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (14 grams, 31 mm).
Above: guilloche of two bands with 'eye' motifs in the voids; below: zebu and other animals on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0215
Mesopotamian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Animal Frieze
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Ovate in profile with narrow flat base, flared mouth and single loop handle. 598 grams, 25.5 cm
From a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: tubular shank with two lateral lobes; tubular shank with flared rim, triangular axe-head and small adze to rear. 44.3 grams total, 61-75 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Sumerian Stone Head Bead
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Amuletic mask, carinated in plan and plano-convex in section with facial detailing, ring-and-dot eyes. 7.7 grams, 28 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
