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LOT 1174
Old Assyrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
CIRCA 2000-1750 B.C.
3/4 in. (5.92 grams, 20 mm).
With incised frieze of a seated figure with hand extended to a figure in floor-length pleated garment, second figure behind him in a fringed robe, blank panel to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.05.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 97, for type.
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LOT 1174
Old Assyrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
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Qajar Period Decorated Bowl
19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Spun bronze bowl with everted rim, dense low-relief decoration of tendrils and interlace with quatrefoil panels each with a kneeling figure. 195 grams, 11.9 cm wide
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Holy Land Terracotta Vessel with Mouflon Spout
Middle Bronze Age, mid 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
With ovate body and tapering neck and socketed mouth, strap handle to rear, spout with mouflon detailing; mounted on a stand. 215 grams total, 12.5 cm high including stand
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. -
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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Mainly pottery and some glass, annular, tubular, fusiform and other types. 43.6 grams total, 2-20 mm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
