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LOT 1408
Sasanian Brown Agate Ring
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.90 grams, 26.53 mm overall, 15.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
With scaphoid plaque, intaglio standing profile figure in a draped robe.
ProvenanceMr S.A. collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1980s.
Thence by descent, private collection, since 1998.
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.
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Old Syrian Steatite Container with Engraved Pairs of Animals
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £450
Rectangular tray with segmented upper face, each sidewall with incuse scene of two opposed animals (horses, goats) one with a human figure interposed. 820 grams, 10.9 cm
Private collection. Acquired in 2001. Private collection, Europe. 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. -
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Piriform with vertical socket expanding towards the narrower end. 517 grams, 91 mm
From a West London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s. 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. -
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Sumerian Stone Skirt
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Plano-convex in section with a later (20th century) band of largely untranslated cuneiform style text; a skirt from a figure. 14.7 grams, 32 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. 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.
