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LOT 1154
Neo-Sumerian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
UR III, 22ND-21ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (7.59 grams, 25 mm).
With broad central piercing, frieze with seated king in a tiered robe facing two robed supplicants, scorpion and goat to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.18.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 101, for type.
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LOT 1154
Neo-Sumerian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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Western Asiatic Red Standstone Fragment Group
Circa 13th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: a D-shaped panel with 'setting sun' motif and base panel with reserved text; arch or corbel fragment with scrolled frond carving. 3.62 kg total, 18.5-20 cm
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 Basalt Mortar and Pestle
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Squat mortar with slightly everted rim, stub pestle with rounded grinding face. 852 grams total, 5.8-11 cm
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. -
Luristan Miniature Bronze Ibex
8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Standing with left front leg slightly bent, crested head, detailed muzzle, raised tail, loop to the back; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 43 grams, 58 mm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Pendants in the form of animals, mostly goats or mouflons, but also horses or other equids, are quite common among the corpus of the Luristan pendants.
