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LOT 1349
West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Quadruped
CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (37.8 grams, 46 mm).
Discoid stamp seal with segmented face and central horned animal (ibex?) ;loop handle to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex property of a West London businessman.
Academically researched by the late Professor Lambert in the early 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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Western Asiatic Bronze Finial with Animals
1200-800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
A bifacial sceptre head formed as a collared tubular stem with bulb foot; above, two opposed ibexes with segmented horns and coiled beards each attacked from behind by a mountain lion with gaping jaws, slender body and ropework tail; mounted on a custom-made stand. 860 grams total, 36 cm including stand
with Manouchehr Soleiman Aaron, Tehran, 1967. Brought to the U.S. prior to 1974. American private collection. with Christie’s, New York, 7 December 2011, no.16. European private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12873-241699. 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. -
Large Heavy Luristan Bronze Axehead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Comprising a triangular blade with curved edge, lentoid socket, square butt with striking face. 1.38 kg, 20 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex Abelita family collection. 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. -
Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Composed of mainly oblate and annular beads with larger beads as a central feature; restrung. 5.55 grams, 38 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 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.
