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LOT 1058
Seljuk Gold Ring with Inscription
12TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (3.04 grams, 17.36 mm overall, 15.15 x 14.79 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
With facetted shoulders, scaphoid bezel with three lines of Kufic text.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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.
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Proto-Elamite Silver Ibex Pendant
Circa 3100-2900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
Hollow-formed in sheet-silver, modelled in the round ibex with head turned to the left; voided eyes to accept inserts, dorsal loop. 20.27 grams, 60 mm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, New York, USA, acquired prior to 1969. London, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12712-235585. 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. -
Anatolian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Standing Figure
Circa 1000-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Description of Cylinder Seal of soft black stone, 29 x 12 mm. A standing human-looking figure with short kilt and mane of hair (or helmet with mane) holds a spear in one hand, a stone(?) in the other. He is facing a horned quadruped with raised tail, and between them there is a tree and smaller, distinct quadruped. There are two linear devices on the base-line, and a rule above encloses the engraving. This is a rare type of seal, probably from Syria or Anatolia, and c. 1000-800 B.C. The plume is the most significant point, but knowledge is not yet so far advanced that this seal can be confidently attributed to a particular culture. As such, it is extremely interesting. The condition is fine.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.65 grams, 23 mm
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in October 1987. 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 Pendant with Inscribed Mohammed
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Discoid with raised calligraphic inscription, applied copper bosses on the outer edge, loop above and hinge-loops below. 4.75 grams, 36 mm
Private collection, London. 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.
