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LOT 1868
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Gemstone with Inscription
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.4 grams, 24 mm).
Ellipsoid type with engraved stylised arabic inscription, drilled longitudinally.
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 1868
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Gemstone with Inscription
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in plan with knop handle to the reverse, incuse motif of a running wolf and fleeing ovicaprid; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4 grams, 20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Griffins
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With frieze depicting a pair of griffins in profile with human heads, long wings, one with scorpion and one with fish tail; star and crescent moon to the top. 7.27 grams, 28 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Stamp Seal with Seated Figure
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex type with incuse design of a seated robed figure in profile with hound, starburst above, hatched border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.82 grams, 20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
