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LOT 0838
Mesopotamian Shell Necklace Bead Group
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/4 - 1 1/2 in. (72 grams total, 5-40 mm).
Comprising large and small cylinders, discs, and other small rounded shaped beads. [101]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
With shallow-carved frieze of advancing spearmen above running horses; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 14.4 grams, 26 mm
From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.219; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.
W.G. Lambert, is the late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel Group
Circa 3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £108
Comprising various types, including examples decorated with painted geometric motifs; two chipped. 2 kg total, 7.3 - 17 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Large Bactrian Bifacial Stone Stamp Seal with Serpent and Ibex
Circa 2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Carved chlorite bifacial seal with incuse image to each broad face: coiled serpent-body with facing beast-head; profile beast with forelegs folded beneath the body, long neck curved to the rear and head turned, holding a frond in the mouth and with another before the chest. 55 grams, 51 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.