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LOT 1689
Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (4 grams, 20 mm).
Triangular in plan with knop handle to the reverse, incuse motif of a running wolf and fleeing ovicaprid; 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 1689
Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Sasanian Agate Stamp Seal with Gryphon
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex tpe with crouching gryphon motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.48 grams, 11 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet, a Legal Document
Circa 1800-1600 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Pillow-shaped with cuneiform text to both flat faces and one edge; accompanied by an old handwritten slip: 'Old Babylonian legal document, c.1800-1600 B.C.'. 101 grams, 66 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by an old handwritten note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. -
Luristan Bronze Decorated Conical Vessel
Bronze Age, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Conical in profile with three horizontal bands: vertical ribs above and slashes below. 616 grams, 17.5 cm wide
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
