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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 Terracotta Bulbous Vase
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With trumpet-style neck and rim and integral foot. 1.1 kg, 23 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Ordos Bronze Belt Buckle with Lion Attacking a Doe
4th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Rectangular openwork panel with lioness biting the neck of a doe in a foliage setting; hook to one short edge; mounted on a custom-made stand. 234 total, 12.2 cm wide including stand
Private collection, UK, acquired 1986. Acquired from Chiswick Auctions, London, 11 December 2018, lot 131. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by the original catalogue page and a copy of the original invoice. -
Western Asiatic Manuscript Fragment
14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rectangular paper leaf with a block of text to each side in nastaliq script, black ink with red ink captions and diacritics; mounted in a bifacial glazed panel. 213 grams, 18 cm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.
