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LOT 0201
Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures and Animals
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (4.32 grams, 17 mm).
Haematite with frieze depicting a male and female figure surrounded by birds and mythical beasts beside a single male.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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LOT 0201
Old Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures and Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising: columnar figure with arms raised; similar with stub arms and applied mouth and ears; tabular figure with hands held before the chest gripping a disc, perhaps a patera; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 210 grams total, 10.5-11.8 cm 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. -
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Melon Bead Group
17th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Group of six crystal melon beads. 7.05 grams total, 9-10 mm
From an old English deceased estate. Acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s. Property of a London, UK, collector. -
Western Asiatic and Other Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising a large quantity of beads in various shapes and sizes in glass, stone, coral and lapis lazuli. 178 grams total, 2-34 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970-2000s.
