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LOT 1903
Sasanian and Other Stone Intaglio Collection
2ND-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1/2 in. (1.07 grams total, 9-11 mm).
Comprising: a lapis lazuli intaglio with a standing stylised animal, an inscription above; an orange jasper intaglio with a leaping lion; a translucent agate intaglio with a butting bull. [3]
ProvenanceLion gemstone: with Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Munich, Auction 252/253, 25 September 2017, no.1585.
Bull gemstone: ex Bavarian Collection, 1965-2010.
Thereafter, Gorny & Mosch Auction 223, 26 June 2014, no.1126.
Animal gemstone: with Bonhams London, 1 May 2008, no.309.
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LOT 1903
Sasanian and Other Stone Intaglio Collection
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£180 (EUR 209; USD 243) ‡+BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Ibex Stamp Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Compartmented seal shaped as a horned quadruped with a square body and curving horns, a loop on the reverse. 9.04 grams, 34 mm
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, acquired 1970-2000s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Large Western Asiatic Bronze Plate with Star and Crescent Design
Circa 12th-13th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Broad and discoid with a slightly stepped rim, stamped design to the inner face with radiating arms and hatched panels, hatched discs and other forms; the rim with a band of punched rings, each with a mullet to the centre. 459 grams, 26.5 cm wide
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet, a Legal Document
Circa 1800-1600 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to both flat faces and one edge; accompanied by an old handwritten slip: 'Old Babylonian legal document, c.1800-1600 B.C.'. 101 grams, 66 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
