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LOT 0245
Urartu Black Stone Stamp-Cylinder Seal with Recumbent Horned Quadruped
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
1 in. (6.65 grams, 24.7 mm).
With mythological winged animals, 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: 'Description of Stamp-Cylinder Seal of black stone, 25 x 19 mm. Sides: two walking winged horned quadrupeds, a backwards looking horned quadruped. Base: a recumbent horned quadruped. This is from Urartu, the area around lake Van, and dates from c.900-700 B.C. The creatures depicted are typical of Urartian art generally. Save for a chip off the handle, condition fine.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1987.
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LOT 0245
Urartu Black Stone Stamp-Cylinder Seal with Recumbent Horned Quadruped
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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Sumerian Proto-Cuneiform Tablet with Symbols
Jemdet Nasr Period, Uruk III, 3200-3000 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Pillow-shaped with incised grid to the broad faces, dense cuneiform pictographic text in the columns with impressed pellet numerals. 45.6 grams, 63 mm
Percy Barnevik, Sweden. Private collection, UK, acquired June 2000. with Sam Fogg, London. Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2015. Accompanied by a copy of Professor Lambert’s notes and two-page cataloguing report. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13429-259930.
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Opening Bid: £5
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From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Circa 800 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
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London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
