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LOT 0287
Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion
SUSA II, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (11.5 grams, 29 mm wide).
Discoid with transverse piercing; one side with incuse profile image of a winged quadruped; the other side with a bird in flight flanked by a fish and serpent; supplied with a museum-quality impression of each face.
ProvenanceEx S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.
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LOT 0287
Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung with three central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. 19.5 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. -
Western Asiatic Pottery Vessel Group
Circa 3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising various types, including examples decorated with painted geometric motifs; mainly chipped. 3.72 kg total, 7.5-15 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Luristan Bronze Horse Attachment Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising: four openwork rosette style mounts with conical centres and strap junction to reverse; a whorl-shaped mount with mounting lug to reverse; an openwork comma-shaped fitting with loop to reverse; a rosette with domed head and rectangular lug to reverse; fitting with openwork geometric design and circular suspension loop; cylindrical bar terminating in a stylised feline head. 317 grams total, 2.5-10.7 cm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
