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LOT 0242
Sassanian Onyx Seal with Two Horses and Riders
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (16.37 grams, 24 mm).
Plano-convex seal with intaglio image of two horsemen face-to-face with a segmented arch between them; probably the Sassanian equivalent of the Diskouroi; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired between 1980-1983.
From the 'Empire' collection, an important UK private collection of seals, no.10.
Accompanied by a copy of an old typed cataloguing page signed by A D H Bivar.
A similar image of two horsemen also appears on a Sassanian silver-gilt dish now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession no.63.152). Alternatively, the image may be of an investiture scene, as shown in the sculpture of Naqsh-i Rustam. Cf. BM Stamp Seals II, reference BL6.
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LOT 0242
Sassanian Onyx Seal with Two Horses and Riders
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Proto-Sumerian Alabaster Vessel
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Opening Bid: £1,600
Jar with slightly tapering cylindrical sidewall, flared rim to the mouth; incised hatched band to the shoulder and four pierced lugs. 1.02 kg, 11.7 cm wide
with Gwain McKinley, London, 1980s. Acquired from the above, 1993. Private European collection, thence by family descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12125-218132. -
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Very Large Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal with Animal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Discoid in plan with tiered handle and transverse hole, with gusset to the upper face, chamfered shoulder; underside with intaglio image of a stag with legs bent beneath the body, objects in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 109 grams, 49 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Luristan Decorated Bronze Bracelet
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Penannular round-section shank with integral bulbs to the outer edge. 28.4 grams, 69 mm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
