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LOT 0992
Sassanian Stamp Seal Collection
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 7/8 in. (26 grams total, 15-22 mm).
A group of four plano-convex stone stamp seals, each drilled for suspension and bearing an incuse design to base: a quadruped; cockerel with scorpion; ritual symbols; accompanied by a museum-quality impression of each seal. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection, 1980-1983.
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Urartian Pin with Repousse Decorated Disc
7th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
A bronze dress pin comprising a round-section tapering shank with hipped bulb below the head; discoid head with raised border, repoussé design featuring a central facing mask with lentoid eyes and piriform face, hatched hair and beard; below, two rosettes above the backs of addorsed advancing goats with decorated and segmented bodies; plant motifs before the goats' chests and leaping lions above with gaping mouths flanking the mask of a master of animals with ibexes emerging from the cheeks; mounted on a stand; chipped. 88 grams, 43 cm long
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, U.K. From a specialist collection of pottery. -
Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklaces
Circa 1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
A pair of lapis lazuli necklaces: one composed mainly of squat, biconical beads, the other of annular, biconical and various other types. 13.9 grams total, 47-55 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Neo-Sumerian Alabaster Kohl Pot with Lions
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
An alabaster kohl jar composed of a bulbous body with broad everted rim; two naturalistically engraved recumbent lions in low relief to the equator. 29.4 grams, 35 mm wide
Fine condition.
From a collection formed pre 1988. London and Geneva collection, thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a previous typed catalogue page.
Numerous stone kohl containers have been discovered at the temple of the goddess Inanna. The close association between her cult and the kohl jar is based on the literature recording the attractive black eyes of Inanna after she painted them with kohl. Inanna was one of the principal deities worshipped in ancient Mesopotamia.
