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LOT 0937
Uruk Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (15.7 grams, 22 mm).
Featuring three vertical grooves separating the seal into three separate panels, each drilled with a female figure seated beside pots; drilled vertically for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Decorated Dish
3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
With carinated sidewall and everted rim, central boss, incised rosette and surrounding hatched panels and palmettes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 217 grams, 16 cm wide (390 grams total, 19.5 cm including high including stand)
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Assyrian Bronze Arm and Hand Type Brooch
Circa 7th-5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
The bow decorated with circumferential grooves, one arm ending with the partially preserved wire coil; the catchplate in the form of a hand engraved with an X; accompanied by a display frame with information ticket. 186 grams total, 10 x 10.3 cm including frame
Ex Robin Symes Gallery, London, UK, 1990s. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
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1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London.
