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LOT 1665
Sasanian Banded Agate Stamp Seal with Horse
3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (3.09 grams, 15 mm).
D-shaped in profile with incuse motif of an advancing horse; 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 1665
Sasanian Banded Agate Stamp Seal with Horse
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Faience Cylinder Seal with Archer
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £80
With incuse design of a winged horse facing a robed figure aiming with a drawn bow. 7.48 grams, 35 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
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. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Rider
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Showing a man on a standing bull, grabbing the hair of a captive with his right hand. 84 grams, 51 mm high
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The statuette can represent the god storm Hazor, a storm deity with lunar traits. The association between a bull and storm deities is well known on Anatolian sealings from 20th-19th century B.C. The portrayal of a god standing on a bull in conjunction with lunar symbols derived from Old Babylonian cult, where the bull was connected with the Moon as a goddess, and continued in the Near East in association with the god Hazor, identified with El, head of the Canaanite pantheon.
