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LOT 0248
Sumerian Mottled Stone Cylinder Seal with Cuneiform Inscription
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (6.03 grams, 24.31 mm).
With a standing figure in profile, wearing a floor-length robe and holding one bent arm with an open hand; five columns of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 0248
Sumerian Mottled Stone Cylinder Seal with Cuneiform Inscription
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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South Arabian Alabaster Head of a Man
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,650
Oval face with pointed chin, stippled beard and elongated ears; incised eyebrows above large almond-shaped eyes, protruding nose and mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand; with old label reading 'N 3268'. 903 grams total, 18.6 cm including stand
Ex Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud et Tailleur, Paris, 20 May 1987, no.389. with Tajan Auction, Paris, 28 March 2003, no.192. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13537-263100.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Ibex Stamp Seal
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Compartmented seal shaped as a horned quadruped with a square body and curving horns, a loop on the reverse. 9.04 grams, 34 mm
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, acquired 1970-2000s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Roughly rectangular section with faint remains of impressed text. 11.46 grams, 35 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
