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LOT 0192
Sumerian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Female Figures
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (14 grams, 28 mm).
Frieze of kneeling female figures with braided hair, each supporting an item on a raised hand: a chalice, a loaf(?) and a flame; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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LOT 0192
Sumerian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Female Figures
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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Vinca Terracotta Figurine
4th millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £780
Modelled in the round with stub arms and pointillé strap detailing, possibly Balkans. 15.7 grams, 54 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 15.61 grams, 35 cm long
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Free-standing, with a pinched, bird-like face, conical headdress or hairstyle, ornamental collar and stub arms; splayed foot. 57 grams, 13.5 cm high
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex European private collection.
