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LOT 0278
Western Asiatic Animal Collection
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 - 1 1/8 in. (23 grams total, 21-30 mm).
Group of four carved stone animals comprising: two limestone reclining lions; a green glass lion with head turned, loop to the reverse, socket for attachment of a separate face panel; boar crouching with legs folded beneath the body.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe in 2002.
European private collection.
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LOT 0278
Western Asiatic Animal Collection
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Urartu Alabaster Stamp Seal
8th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bifacial round seal with mythical creatures, likely winged ibexes; pierced hole for suspension. 3.36 grams, 16 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, before 1988.
Animal-headed creatures are often winged bird-headed figures with human body in the Urartu and Northern-Syrian seals of ‘dnplţ ‘bd ‘mndb type, but often winged, apparently ibex-headed figures appear on the seals of the type bqšt bt ‘bdyrh. The ibex-headed figures might belong to same group of semi-divine beings visible on the Assyrian art. -
Jordanian Terracotta Dish
Early Bronze Age, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Broad dish or bowl with carianted profile, thick rim, three radiating pelleted handles at the shoulder. 1.26 kg, 27.5 cm wide
From a family collection pre 1988. -
Western Asiatic Garnet-Set Gold Ring
4th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Flat-section expanding hoop with a granulated triangle to each shoulder, supporting an oval bezel with granulated triangles and linear decoration, set with an uncut garnet with four claws. 4.58 grams, 24.74 mm overall, 17.72 x 16.75 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
From a private family collection formed in the 1970s.
