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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
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: a brown serpentine seal with a geometric pattern; a cream serpentine seal with a geometric pattern; a black steatite seal with a figure in a fringed dress with the hood over the head, a small table and two corn-ears as a divider; a blue glass seal with a standing figure and a rearing quadruped; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 27.1 grams total, 22-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.4, 5, 28, and one handwritten. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
19th-10th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising tanged arrowheads, most with barbs. 145 grams total, 30-98 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Bedouin Ring with Birds on Shoulders
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
White metal ring with the shoulders formed as birds with spread wings, conical bezel set with a carnelian cabochon engraved with a scorpion. 10.16 grams, 32.39 mm overall, 18.05 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
Ex English collection of Mr A.H.D. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
