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LOT 1442
Syrian Steatite Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 1300 B.C.
3/4 in. (3.36 grams, 18 mm).
A small cylinder seal showing a beast looking back, a winged sun and a flying duck, star and eye motifs as fillers; 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.59.
Cf. parallel for the beast in Weber, O., Der Alte Orient, II volumes, Leipzig, 1920, no.50 (from Babylon).
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LOT 1442
Syrian Steatite Cylinder Seal
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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Large Western Asiatic Faceted Glass Vessel
9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
With drum-shaped body and broad shoulder, tapering neck and flared mouth, recessed underside, segmented facets to the neck and edge of the shoulder, iridescent surface; repaired. 412 grams, 20.6 cm
Acquired on the UK art market, 1990s. Private collection, New York, USA. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13374-255459.
This object was probably produced in Nishapur, a vital city in the early and middle Islamic period, located on the Silk Road. The people of high and low-level classes of Nishapur, land-owning aristocracy and literates or simple farmers and miners, were able to adapt the cultural trends arriving from the Silk Road, creating a material culture with a distinctive visual language. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising fourteen tanged arrowheads, including some barbed types. 221 grams total, 5.3-19.2 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Amulet Group
1st millennium B.C.-1st millennium A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a black stone stamp seal with integral loop and hatched decoration on the underside; a fragment of a white stone seal showing the frontal part of an advancing ibex; a grey stone bead formed as a stylised bird; a red and light-green rectangular amulet pierced through the upper edge. 11.98 grams total, 15-23 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
