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LOT 0218
Neo Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal for a Royal Soldier, Son of Bagi
CIRCA 2200-2100 B.C.
1 in. (6.03 grams, 25 mm).
With frieze depicting two figures in floor-length robes addressing a seated figure in flounced robe; panel with three columns of cuneiform text, reading 'Kudum(?), royal soldier, son of Bagi, officer'; 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 0218
Neo Sumerian Stone Cylinder Seal for a Royal Soldier, Son of Bagi
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Graeco-Persian Bronze Bowl
Circa 300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Broad and squat with a slightly rounded rim. 583 grams, 17 cm wide
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000. 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. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Fertility Idol Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Each a standing female with hands clasped to the breasts, applied collar, pinched facial details. 201 grams total, 10-11 cm
Fine condition.
From the collection of a European lady; part of a private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. 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. -
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of alternating tabular flower-shaped and grooved cylindrical beads interspersed with small glass oblate beads; restrung. 29.09 grams, 43.5 cm
From the London, UK, art market 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.
