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LOT 1296
Sumerian Calcite Vessel
LATE 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (225 grams, 75 mm high).
Tubular in section with flared base and gently flared flat rim; old collector's label '5207-13' to underside.
Provenancewith Henry Anavian, Summer Gallery, New York, USA.
with Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, 5 December 2025, no.681.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1296
Sumerian Calcite Vessel
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Sumerian Black and White Stone Bead Bracelet
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of alternating white and dark beads, restrung with elasticated cord. 5.02 grams, 16 cm
Ex private collection, UK; formerly with Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, circa 1998. -
Large West Central Asian Bronze Crescent Cross Seal Matrix
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £60
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 41 x 41 x 13 mm. This is round with flat face and flat back, on which a handle of inverted V-shape is mounted. The design is both compartmented and open-work. It consists of a central square which is joined to an outer band by struts: straight ones from the middle of each side of the square, short ones ending in crescents from the tips of the square. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. It is in very good condition.' 19 grams, 41 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report, numbered R-690, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Deer and Scorpion
Circa 1500-1300 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £20
Barrel-shaped with incuse frieze of a leaping deer and a scorpion, pellets in the field; supplied with an old dealer's ticket and a museum-quality impression. 13 grams, 22 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous handwritten catalogue note card.
