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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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Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group
Mainly 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: a seal matrix with annulets; a looped stamp seal with geometric motifs; a looped stamp seal with a stylised bird; a pendant set with facetted carnelian bead; a tongue-shaped pendant with foliate decoration; a looped mount with discoid terminals. 72 grams total, 26-41 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. -
Chalcolithic Fertility Figure
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Formed as a seated female with pinched facial features, applied collar, arms bent and hands on the hips, flared skirt with separately moulded legs protruding; repaired. 88 grams, 82 mm high
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999. -
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
2500-2300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
The scene engraved in a single register, comprising three heroes upending two lions, a rearing stag behind one of the heroes; accompanied by a museum-quality impression; old collection sticker '120' to one end. 7.33 grams, 23 mm
Cotswold, UK, collection. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late Professor W.G. Lambert, numbered 120. Accompanied by an old collection ticket.
