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LOT 1540
Sasanian Banded Agate Stamp Seal with Bust
CIRCA 3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.66 grams, 24.76 mm).
Annular type with incuse profile bust to underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Neo Assyrian Bronze Pazuzu Head Pendant
Circa 800-600 B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Drum-shaped with addorsed grotesque masks beneath a sturdy loop. 14 grams, 23.5 mm
From a collection of a late London, UK, collector, 1980s. -
Large Sogdian Silver Vessel with Animal Figures
Eastern Sogdian, 8th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £20,000 - 30,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £11,111
Sheet-silver vessel with drum-shaped body, narrow discoid repoussé base; bands of repoussé foliage to the body beneath a raised collar and fluted neck and rim; rectangular-section crescent handle held by two securing hoops formed as miniature rams. 1.2 kg, 26.5 cm wide
From an old private collection. with Oxus Fine Arts Pte. Ltd, Singapore. Acquired by the current owner in London, 2012. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12288-220840.
Dr Grigoriev, in his studies on Sogdian silver artworks, has traced specific Sogdian features of metalwork prototypes on the basis of the ceramic replicas. Some of these features were distinguished on gold and silver vessels, which possess many other characteristics bringing them together. In our bucket, the style and the decoration of the flowers resemble those of the bucket with deer from Shirokovskoe (Perm, see Marshak, 1971, T,35), while the bands of repoussé foliage to the body beneath the raised collar and fluted neck and rim recall the decoration of the dish with deer from Rep’evka, in Samara Province (Darkevich, 1976, n.12). -
Urartu Bronze Standing Bull
8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Modelled standing with an erect head, large curving horns and bulbous eyes, male genitals underneath. 732 grams, 10.5 cm wide
Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
