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LOT 0247
Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with King and Gryphon
CIRCA 600 B.C.
1 in. (8.09 grams, 24 mm).
With intaglio king in tall headdress gripping the throat of a rearing gryphon. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired between 1980-1983.
From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals.
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LOT 0247
Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with King and Gryphon
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Western Asiatic Bronze Animal Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mixed group comprising: lion, resting with forelegs spread, inset glass eyes (one absent); hare resting, with long ears; rooster(?) with head turned to the rear, annular socket; leaping horse with forelegs raised. 76 grams total, 25-45 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Carnelian and Other Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £221
Comprising a variety of beads mainly in carnelian and glass, including oblate, cylindrical, discoid and other types. 102 grams total, 5-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Carnelian beads were diffused in West from the Iranian and other Western Asiatic countries. During Antiquity, the beads were transported from their places of manufacture in India and Persian Empires, and archaeological and literary sources provide evidence of the high prosperity of the Red Sea ports as well as of their trade contact with the Indo-Pacific regions. -
Syro-Hittite Bronze Figure
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Modelled in the round, standing figure with pinched facial features, transverse collar, applied pellet eyes and breasts, arms bent forward, legs closed together; the right hand holds a cup or bowl. 13.7 grams, 73 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
