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LOT 1565
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (0.84 grams, 11.83 mm).
Frieze with bird with spread wings above two running animals, starburst and foliage; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1565
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Western Asiatic Bronze Tanged Spearhead
14th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Leaf-shaped blade with triangular midrib and a rectangular-section tang. 213 grams, 27.1 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Similar spearheads were excavated in the Marlik Royal cemetery by Dr. Negahban, see for example in tomb 47, Trench XXIIE. They were the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with a straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang. The foliate blade was wide and exaggerated in some specimens excavated at Marlik. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Figural Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Frieze comprising two panels: left: advancing figure in profile with tall headgear, one hand raised to a vertical frond or tree, second figure facing with circular void at the hips; right: profile figure in ankle-length robe with flounces and fringe detailing, one hand raised to a vase with flowers, second figure in open-fronted tunic holding a staff; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.94 grams, 26.9 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Stylus
Late 1st millennium A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a barrel-shaped facetted socket with a rivetted lug to the rear, the body extending to a tapering nib with a sharp point. 17.8 grams, 84 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
