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LOT 0249
Old Babylonian Hardstone Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
MESOPOTAMIA, 1800-1600 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (38.7 grams, 36 mm).
Cylinder with a scene composed of a seated male figure wearing a horned crown and long dress, holding a vessel; facing two standing male figures, one of them holding a jar with overflowing water; two standing figures with one holding the other; a tall column or tree behind the seated deity figure; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate European collection, 1990s.
LiteratureFor similar, see Harvard Art Museum, object number 1993.183; Michael C.Carlos Museum, object number 2008.031.261.
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LOT 0249
Old Babylonian Hardstone Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal Group
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including rectangular, scaraboid and other types with geometric and figural designs. 17.2 grams total, 13-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Sasanian Bronze Ring with Stag
4th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Disc bezel with incuse profile stag advancing on a baseline, wreath in the field. 2.61 grams, 22.30 mm overall, 19.53 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Jemdet Nasr White Stone Stamp Seal in the Form of a Lion with Engraved Animals
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Carved in the half-round as a stylised animal head, restrung with round red stone beads at each end, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of White Marble, 20 x 24 x 7.5 mm. This seal has the form of a lion's head on the top side, cut from a pebble with snout, mouth, eyes and ears marked by cuts in the stone. It is pierced from top to bottom in the middle. The flat base is engraved with five animals done mostly with the drill. One horned animal, and three springing rodents and one sheep (?) can be made out. Five almost vertical lines, four between the animals, one in the centre, probably represent snakes. This is a seal of the Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3000 B.C., from Sumer or south-west Iran, and is in very good state of preservation. It is an interesting example of sculpture from the dawn of history'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.9 grams total, seal: 24.5 mm
Ex Mr K. Kobayashi, Galerie Archaique Ltd, Osaka, Japan, prior to 1988. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1990.
