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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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Western Asiatic Mixed Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
A restrung designer necklace of glass beads, mainly spherical and fusiform types. 28.9 grams, 31.2 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Jar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Of bulbous profile with rounded underside and trumpet-shaped mouth, painted zoomorphic frieze to the shoulder. 740 grams, 15.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. -
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Large Mesopotamian Stone Stamp Seal with Lamassu
Circa 2000 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Plano-convex in section with broad face, incuse profile image of a lamassu (winged bull with a human head) with pellets and objects in the field. 70 grams, 59 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
