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LOT 1293
Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/8 in. (290 grams total, 1-27 mm).
Including tabular, oblate, biconvex, polyhedral and other beads in glass, lapis lazuli, shell, serpentine and other materials. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Pig
23rd-20th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A bronze seal in the form of a standing pig, accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 37 x 61 x 14mm. This has the shape of a standing pig, with no ears marked, but with a short tail and big round eye. Its snout is raised. The seal has a flat, compartmented face, and flat back on which a handle of sheet metal is mounted. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. It has a rare and attractive design, and is in very good condition save that the hind leg is broken off. The metal has been conserved.' 37 grams, 61 mm
Ex Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; collection number R-770, academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. -
Single Quran Manuscript Page
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, decorative inset panel with red-ink text, marginal arabesque painted motif; one long edge reinforced, edges chipped. 6 grams, 34 cm
From the private collection of M.Cummings, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s. -
Luristan Bronze Votive Oxen Pair with Driver
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Miniature votive plough-team with two oxen yoked to a plough with ploughman behind. 16.2 grams, 38 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
