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LOT 1300
Neo Assyrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Gods
900-600 B.C.
5/8 in. (3.14 grams, 15 mm).
With frieze depicting a four-winged demon advancing towards a gryphon, bull-head standard and other objects in the field.
ProvenanceEx S collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.
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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Luristan Bronze Pin Head with Ibex
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Round-section pin with stylised ibex-head finial having long, curving horns and pellet eyes. 15.3 grams, 70 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an East Anglia private collector. 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. -
Middle Assyrian Stone Cylinder Seal
1400-900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
With frieze in two registers: above - opposed ibexes with frond between their chests, rosette above their rumps; below - geese in a landscape with vegetation; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.81 grams, 39 mm
From the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 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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Western Asiatic Terracotta Tripod Vessel with Elephants
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With gently rounded and tapering sidewall to the shallow bowl, three integral tapering legs formed as stylised elephant-heads each with a long trunk and simple facial detailing; the flared ends of the trunks forming splayed feet. 2.9 kg, 31 cm wide
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N123k2 from Oxford Authentication. 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.
