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LOT 1278
Sasanian Marble Bifacial Amulet with Animals
CIRCA 2ND-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.43 grams, 18 mm).
Rectangular in plane with transverse piercing, one side with a leaping lion and the other with a reclining antelope or ibex. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. a seal with similar figure in Errington, E., Charles Masson: Collections from Begram and Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan, 1833-1838, London, 2021, no.72.3.
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LOT 1278
Sasanian Marble Bifacial Amulet with Animals
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a dark grey steatite seal with two standing creatures with two smaller creatures above them; a hematite seal with a Syrian man wearing a short skirt, a man with curly hair holding a staff, an adorant in a Syrian skirt and a man wearing a pleated skirt; a light grey quartz seal with a figure with outstretched arms riding a beast; a steatite seal with vertical registers; a steatite seal with a seated figure and standing attendants; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 16.57 grams total, 12-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.29,39,59,70, and one handwritten note. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bowl
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shallow bowl with rounded base and inturned rim. 260 grams, 14 cm wide
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s-2010. -
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Head of a Bull
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Carved in the round with indented nostrils and mouth, domed eyes, horns spread above the ears; mounted on a custom-made stand. 170 grams total, bull: 34 mm, 89 mm high including stand
Acquired on the American (?) art market. Private collection, London, UK.
