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LOT 0299
Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Processional Scene
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (18.9 grams, 52 mm).
Rectangular in plan with frieze depicting a seated figure, two bovines in two registers, a facing female and facing male with a cross-headed shaft, two bovines in two registers, a standing figure; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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LOT 0299
Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Processional Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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Western Asiatic Bronze Spearhead
19th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £130
With short ridged and tapered foliate blade, collared shaft and a square-section tapered tang bent at the tip. 190 grams, 33.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
A spearhead with stemmed tip was in use during the 3rd to first half of the 2nd millennium, in the Near and Middle East, in India, the Caucasus and Central Asia, and the main types developed in Mesopotamia in the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C. A facetted blade on a three-dimensional pin with a leaf-shaped blade on a flat handle, sometimes with holes for rivets, spread practically unchanged to the Caucasus and Bactria. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
2250-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Modelled with a pinched, bird-like head and face with large circular eyes, two applied ornamental collars, stub arms and splayed foot. 41 grams, 13.5 cm
with Geneve Enchere, December 2017, no.790. Private collection, Europe. -
Achaemenid Silver Bracelet Pair
Circa 6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Group of two penannular bracelets, each a round-section bar with clubbed ends. 44 grams total, 58 mm each
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
