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LOT 0229
Sasanian Blue Chalcedony Gemstone with Animal in Gold Ring
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.95 grams, 25.63 mm overall, 18.29 x 18.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
An oval grey-blue intaglio featuring a reclining antelope, set in a later hollow-form gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 0229
Sasanian Blue Chalcedony Gemstone with Animal in Gold Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Sumerian Limestone Plaque with Lion
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Fragment from a plaque or large bowl with high-relief head and foreparts of a lion with broad piriform face and sunken eyes; rounded rim above. 246 grams, 96 mm
Ex Mr J.K. Maryland, USA. Private collection. Acquired in 1999.
From a technical point of view, the sculpture, in low relief, belonged to a ritual element with profile figures highlighted by an extremely delicate internal modelling, with space between the various decorative bands that admirably preserves the figure of the lion, giving it full value, according to an artistic principle also found in the seals of the Jemdet Nasr period (2800-2600 BC). -
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Ceramic Tobacco Pipe Bowl
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bowl with carinated shoulder, impressed rouletting, angled joint with bulbous mouth. 24.7 grams, 53 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
