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LOT 1288
Very Large West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal Matrix with Standing Figure
CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.
2 7/8 in. (83 grams, 74 mm).
Annular in form with dentilled edge and pierced lug to reverse, openwork outline stylised figure.
ProvenanceEx collection of a late London gentleman, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1288
Very Large West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal Matrix with Standing Figure
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Syrian Lustre Pottery Bowl
13th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Conical in profile with ring foot; glazed inner face with reserved cross and panels of calligraphic text; text to underside inside foot; old collectors' labels to sidewall. 142 grams, 13.8 cm
with Christie's, London, Islamic Manuscripts, Miniatures, and Works of Art, 10 October 1989, no.485. Private collection, London. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Fish
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With frieze of fish in profile within a field of zigzag lines; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 11.5 grams, 37 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G.Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Luristan Bronze Spearhead
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Leaf-shaped blade with a raised midrib, rectangular-section tang bent to a right-angle with a knop to the end. 243 grams, 34 cm
Ex London art market, 1980-1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
A number of similar blades, some considered to be spearheads and others to be daggers, all with bent tang, derived from Tepe Hissar Culture III. Some of them, like our specimen, have a button terminal, some others have a plain, pointed terminal. The general dating of these specimens is fixed to the early 2nd millennium B.C.
