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LOT 1394
Syrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Birds
CIRCA 1500-1200 B.C.
1/2 in. (0.96 grams, 13 mm).
A small seal with a central linear motif with birds in flight above nd ram horns below; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.58.
Cf. similar seal in Weber, O., Der Alte Orient, II volumes, Leipzig, 1920, no.567.
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LOT 1394
Syrian Haematite Cylinder Seal with Birds
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
4th-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising: frieze with three robed figures flanking a hatched column; two ibexes contending with looped necks, standing bird behind; deeply cut linear image of rearing ibexes; shallow-cut image of a hero with raised arm fending off a winged gryphon, star in the field; frieze with facing hero wrestling two rearing beasts; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 28.7 grams total, 18-32 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Achaemenid Turquoise Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
Mid 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of graduated oblate beads with larger beads as the central feature, restrung. 10.5 grams, 38 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform School Exercise Tablet
Circa 2100-1900 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Domed tablet with impressed text on the upper face. 80.82 grams, 63 mm
Private collection, 1980s. UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert. Accompanied by an original handwritten slip written by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.
