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LOT 1331
Western Asiatic Agate Cylinder Seal with Zoomorphic Motifs
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (3.78 grams, 14 mm).
The frieze depicting a leaping winged ibex followed by a small bird in flight, behind the ibex a seated growling feline, a large fount-topped column before the animals with curving lines on each side, likely depicting the Neo-Assyrian 'sacred tree'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
Accompanied by an old collection ticket.
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LOT 1331
Western Asiatic Agate Cylinder Seal with Zoomorphic Motifs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Western Asiatic Granulated Gold Bead Set
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Mixed group of granulated beads with different sized holes. 3.25 grams total, 5-10 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Proto-Sumerian Alabaster Vessel
Circa 3000 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,600
Jar with slightly tapering cylindrical sidewall, flared rim to the mouth; incised hatched band to the shoulder and four pierced lugs. 1.02 kg, 11.7 cm wide
with Gwain McKinley, London, 1980s. Acquired from the above, 1993. Private European collection, thence by family descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12125-218132. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Tubular in form with lightly-incised rectilinear images and text. 4.78 grams, 20 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.
