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LOT 1320
Neo-Babylonian Burnt Stone Stamp Seal with Cultic Scene
8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (7.23 grams, 23 mm).
Conical body pierced at the top, the underside with a standing robed figure before an altar with his arms raised in adoration.
ProvenanceUK private collection, acquired on the English market in the 2000s.
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LOT 1320
Neo-Babylonian Burnt Stone Stamp Seal with Cultic Scene
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of small cylindrical beads with a lozenge-shaped pendant, restrung. 3.19 grams, 31 cm
Ex late Japanese gentleman's private collection, 1970-2010. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Aramaic Terracotta Magical Incantation Bowl
Circa 4th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Flat-based bowl, inscribed in spiral from the bottom inner wall to the rim with Aramaic text. 360 grams, 17.6 cm
Private collection, 1980s. UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in the regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as childbirth, illness and evil spirits. -
Western Asiatic White Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Frieze comprising a tall standing figure facing, flanked by five similar figures, all joined by horizontal bars at shoulders and hips, doubled borders; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.56 grams, 21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
