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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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Western Asiatic and Other Pale Blue Stone and Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of small annular and oblate beads with a lozenge-shaped pendant bead and a small shell suspended from underneath, restrung. 8.52 grams, 36.5 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Roughly rectangular section with faint remains of impressed text. 11.46 grams, 35 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Cylinder Seal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With frieze depicting stylised animals and flowers; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.18 grams, 37 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
