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LOT 0300
Western Asiatic Amethyst Scaraboid
1ST MILLENNIUM BC.
5/8 in. (2.07 grams, 15 mm).
With conical upper face, underside with border enclosing an incuse palm tree with monkeys climbing up the trunk.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1969-1999.
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Mesopotamian White Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figures
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £450 - 650 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
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Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s. -
Neo Babylonian Glass Stamp Seal with Beast-Tamer
800-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Conical in profile with rounded top and piercing; underside with intaglio motif of a standing figure in a kilt with arms extended above two addorsed rampant beasts. 4.22 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1979-1999. -
Western Asiatic Decorated Dish with Animal Feet
12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With low sidewall and flat everted rim, three radiating feet to the underside, each a quadruped with lowered head; sidewall with band of low-relief roundels each containing a perching bird in profile; rim with knotwork and guilloche panels interrupted by roundels; inner face of the bowl with low-relief band of roundels containing profile birds, hounds and other animals, surrounding a scene depicting a huntsman on horseback with billowing cape, a hound running beside the horse's legs and a bird perching above the horse's head, second hound crouching above the horse's rump. 1.15 kg, 18 cm diameter
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Property of a London gentleman.
