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LOT 1316
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 in. (15.78 grams total, 16-27 mm).
Comprising four seals in carnelian and other materials, depicting: standing figure in flounced robe holding two ibexes by the foreleg, date-palm in the field; opposed gryphon and perching bird of prey; figure and quadruped in a landscape; standing robed figure with recumbent oxen to each side, rampant gryphon. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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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Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With low foot and hemispherical bowl, rounded rim. 315 grams, 11.6 cm
From a collection formed before 1990. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 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. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Bichrome Bird Vessel
8th-9th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Lentoid in plan with central loop handle, spout formed as a bird-head with coiled crest, rear a broad vent with openwork strainer; painted foliage and reserved bands. 387 grams, 17 cm
UK collection, 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market, before 2000. Private collection, Mr M.V., a London-based businessman. 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. -
Early Akkadian Shell Cylinder Seal with Unclassified Snake God
Circa 2300-2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With figures and fire altar, restrung pair of red stone beads, old handwritten label '1649'; accompanied by a copy of 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 Fawn Fossil Shell, 35 x 20.5 mm. On the right sits a snake god: human body above the waist, curling snake below, with one hand extended. Facing him stands a god in long robe with bottom fringe, also extending one hand. Between them is a fire altar. Behind each god is a sideboard for holding food and drink ready to consume. There is a lunar crescent in the sky. This is an Akkadian seal from Mesopotamia or Western Iran, c. 2300-2200 B.C. The snake god is not yet identified from texts, but is a fascinating item of Akkadian mythology.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 30 grams, 35 mm
Armand Trampitsch, Glyptique Archéologie, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13-14 May 1992, no.23 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in 1992. 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.
