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LOT 0205
Neo Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Hadada, son of Lugal...na Inscription
CIRCA 2200-2100 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (12.6 grams, 28 mm).
With frieze depicting two standing robed figures facing a seated figure in flounced robe, objects in the field; two columns of cuneiform text, reading 'Hadada, son of Lugal...na'; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom 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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LOT 0205
Neo Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Hadada, son of Lugal...na Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
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Western Asiatic Aramaic Pendant Seal Matrix
Mid 1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Discoid in plan with lug to upper face and suspension loop; underside with incuse pellets to the rim surrounding a tondo with two lines of incised text. 10.77 grams, 24 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12717-233043. 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. -
South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Woman
6th-4th century B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
Sockets to accept inlaid eyes, roughly chiselled ears placed high, elongated nose, top of the head cut off flat at the hair line, back of the head left roughly tooled; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.12 kg total, 23 cm high including stand
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.
The human heads sculptured in alabaster or other stone vary in size and detail, but are a closely related group. They all have many stylistic characteristics in common. Our head is from a funerary monument and it was originally set within an inscribed stela.
