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LOT 1225
Sassanian Stone Seal with Animal
CIRCA 3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (10.5 grams, 22 mm).
With stylised quadruped resting with head bowed and legs folded beneath the body; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx Symes Gallery, Mayfair, UK, before 1999.
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LOT 1225
Sassanian Stone Seal with Animal
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £311
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Jemdet Nasr Period Cylinder Seal Group
3100-2900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Western Asiatic Large Agate Bead Necklace
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Composed of graduating opaque rounded biconical beads with a large flattened bead to the centre. 345 grams, 84 cm long
Ex French gallery, 1970-1990. Paris collection, France.