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LOT 1659
Sasanian Agate Stamp Seal with Gryphon
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (2.57 grams, 14 mm).
Globular type with tapering hole, incuse advancing gryphon with bent legs and stub wing, head reversed; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1659
Sasanian Agate Stamp Seal with Gryphon
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Large Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Bowl and Vessel Group
Circa 3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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The vase ex Abelita family collection. Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. The vase accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip. -
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Stamp Seal with Seated Figure
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex type with incuse design of a seated robed figure in profile with hound, starburst above, hatched border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.82 grams, 20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Seljuk Period Calligraphic Gemstone
Circa 12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Scaraboid type with incuse Kufic script; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.5 grams, 17 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
