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LOT 0233
Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash
CIRCA 2100 B.C.
4 3/4 in. (141 grams, 12.1 cm).
With domed upper face, conical body; incised vertical lines dividing the surface into segments, each with impressed cuneiform text.
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.45.90.
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LOT 0233
Sumerian Terracotta Foundation Cone From Lagash
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With reserved disc and lozenges to the upper face, underside with incuse winged gryphon in profile with legend; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.91 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large Cypriot or Levantine White Marble Cylinder Seal with Nine Quadrupeds and a Scorpion
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Cylinder with animals, restrung red stone bead to each end; accompanied by a copy of 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, 37 x 12 mm. The glyptic shows a total of nine quadrupeds in various poses, one scorpion (?), and a few minor unidentified items. The Style of cutting shows much use of the drill, with linear representation of e.g. the animals' legs. all the various items are arranged to fill the space available very completely. This seal is not a well known type, but has similarities to seals found in Cyprus and the Levant, dating to the second half of the second millenium B.C. There was a great variety of local styles in this area and period, and the specimen being described here belongs to this category'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 16 grams total, seal: 36.9 mm
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This cylinder seal features a worship scene adapted from Mesopotamian tradition, which typically shows a goddess leading a worshipper toward an enthroned god. However, the Levantine artist has modified this traditional theme by replacing the goddess with a male figure. In keeping with ancient art conventions, the worshipper stands before the god with hands raised in prayer. -
Seljuk Chalcedony Gaming Piece
Circa 12th-13th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Square in plan and plano-convex in section with shallow geometric ornament to the dome, rosette to the underside. 39.7 grams, 31 mm
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999, thence by descent.
