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LOT 1237
Sasanian Stone Stamp Seal Group
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (5.99 grams total, 11-16 mm).
Comprising: larger with recumbent gryphon motif; smaller with advancing gryphon; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Hampshire, UK, gentleman, established from the 1960s.
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 Babylonian Haematite Cylinder Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Frieze depicting a kneeling huntsman with inverted spear and khopesh facing a rampant ibex with head turned away, crouching gryphon with forelegs raised, bird in flight preying on a recumbent ibex; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.24 grams, 15 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. -
Western Asiatic Green and Yellow Glass Bead Necklace
Late 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £338
Restrung group of green and yellow 'date beads', and other beads with spacer beads. 23 grams, 36 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 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. -
West Central Asian Bronze Compartmented Stamp Seal
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze. 51x 50x18 mm. This is round with notched outer edge. The face is flat, as in the back, where a handle of inverted U-shape is mounted. the design is compartmented and angular, based on straight lines. It shows a small square in the middle, and on each corner of this square is a small square, the outer sides of which extend to the edge creating rough oblongs. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c.2300-2000 B.C. It is in very good condition.' 62 grams, 51 mm
From the collection of the late Mr S, 1970-1990s. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, 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.
