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LOT 1014
Sumerian Buff Stone Cylinder Seal
URUK PERIOD, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1/2 in. (4.04 grams, 14.25 mm).
Drum-shaped with frieze of drilled zoomorphic images to the sidewall; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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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Opening Bid: £135
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Western Asiatic Bronze Ring with Processional Figures
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Opening Bid: £40
Longitudinally ribbed hoop with slightly flared bezel, two engraved figures with objects in the field. 7.10 grams, 24.85 mm overall, 18.45 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
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Sumerian Stone Pyxis in Veined Black and White Stone
4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Comprising a hemispherical body with broad flat shoulder and low rim. 238 grams, 70 mm
Acquired 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.
