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LOT 1745
Western Asiatic Bronze and Other Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 4 7/8 in. (25.3 grams total, 1.7-12.4 cm).
Comprising: a stylus with herringbone decoration; an annular ring; a stylised bird mount with ring-and-dot decoration; a male head formed in three-quarter view with a slit mouth and small eyes, wearing a simple cap. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Western Asiatic Hematite Cylinder Seal with Worshipping Scene
900-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
The field divided into two registers by a horizontal guilloche; above, two winged gryphons crouching beside an attendant with a seated figure holding a sceptre; below, opposed crouching lions, an attendant and a perching bird; a full-height figure with a kopesh; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 5.17 grams, 18 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal in Gold Mount
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Cylindrical hematite seal showing a robed figure standing on a supplicant, and holding a long staff, symbols behind; another scene positioned vertically showing two standing figures holding an idol(?) between them; mounted on a gold loop; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.45 grams, 24.7 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising: frieze of a standing figure with rearing animals; winged beast facing a figure with pelletted headdress holding the hind leg of an ibex; figure with a staff facing towards a fleeing ibex, gryphon to his rear; row of running ibexes; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 12.9 grams total, 12.3-21.08 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
