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LOT 0219
Seljuk Period Openwork Door Fitting
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/2 in. (1.4 kg total, 24 cm wide each).
A pair of bronze openwork discoid door 'bosses' or handle mounting plates, each with a central dome inscribed around the neck, procession of birds with spread wings below, geometric band, openwork interlace motif, egg-and-dart style shaped circumference. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
An old Christie's label to verso: '656/8673'.
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Western Asiatic Jar with Dolphins
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £194
A bulbous ceramic jar with everted rim, decorated with polychrome geometric bands and stylised dolphins. 2.7 kg, 24.5 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970s-1990s. Ex Pars Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. From a specialist collection of pottery. -
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Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Combat Scene
24th-22nd century B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
A marble cylinder seal with frieze; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of white marble, 28 x 20 mm. Design : a standing hero with spikey hair is defending two horned animals being attacked by two lions. A second such hero is grappling with a monster with long plait. Akkadian, c.2400-2200 B.C. Condition very good save for chipped edges.' 16.1 grams, 29 mm
From an important family collection. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
A restrung designer necklace composed mainly of graduated pottery, glass and stone beads of various dates, types and colours, including a central piriform bead. 16.6 grams, 73 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
