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LOT 1249
Western Asiatic Bone Cylinder Seal with Chevrons
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.12 grams, 29 mm).
Slender cylinder seal with concentric chevrons with pellets in two registers; accompanied by a museum quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s-2000s.
From an important London, UK, collection.
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Third Dynasty of Ur Brown Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
Circa 2060-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Showing two goddesses and a worshipper; accompanied by a museum quality impression and a copy of an old scholarly note by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder seal of brown stone, 26 x 13 mm. Seated goddess to right, raising a hand, before her a minor goddess introducing a worshipper, both raising a hand. Crescent in sky. Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2060-2000 B.C. Good engraving, very good condition.' 7.6 grams, 25 mm
From the private collection of a North American lady, formed 1970s-early 1990s, with collection reference no.192. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, handwritten and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert and an old photograph. -
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Western Asiatic Glass and Silver Bead Necklace
1st millennium A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung, composed of brown oblate Indian glass beads with silver melon beads between; garnet and blue glass spool-shaped bead finials. 94 grams, 57.5 cm
Previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman. Ex property of a Californian, USA, collector. -
Achaemenid Blue Glass Bead Necklace String
6th-4th century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung group of oblate and other types with annular centrepiece. 7.46 grams, 39 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s.
