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LOT 1518
Mitanni Faience Cylinder Seal with Man and Beast
CIRCA 1400 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.6 grams, 21 mm).
Cylindrical seal with a standing, robed figure wearing a headdress, before him a standing ibex with curved horns, facing back; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Engraved Design
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Bell-shaped body with a ribbed loop above, the underside with an incuse image of a horned quadruped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.88 grams, 27 mm
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Luristan Stag Statuette
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Modelled in the round on a waisted rectangular base, head turned. 91.31 grams, 10.56 mm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Sasanian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Scorpion
Circa 3rd-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Plano-convex type with incuse scorpion to the underside. 3.24 grams, 14.76 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
