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LOT 1382
Western Asiatic Bronze Ibex Stamp Seal
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/ 8 in. (9.04 grams, 34 mm).
Compartmented seal shaped as a horned quadruped with a square body and curving horns, a loop on the reverse.
ProvenanceEx the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, acquired 1970-2000s, thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
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LOT 1382
Western Asiatic Bronze Ibex Stamp Seal
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 87; USD 101) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Gold Pendant
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed with two granulated gold beads separated by a garnet bead, and two small blue beads below, a loop above and below. 2.41 grams, 22 mm
Ex late Japanese gentleman's collection, 1970-2010. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Sasanian Marble Bifacial Amulet with Animals
Circa 2nd-6th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Rectangular in plane with transverse piercing, one side with a leaping lion and the other with a reclining antelope or ibex. 4.43 grams, 18 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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Western Asiatic Basalt Tablet with Cuneiform Inscription
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Architectural fragment with rectangular band to one edge, carved decorative detailing with inscription. 7.85 kg, 32.6 cm
Private collection, Europe, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1980s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12521-231989.
Amid the many architectural, sculptural, and textual riches of Assyria and Mesopotamia, the broken pieces of basalt bearing fragmentary cuneiform inscriptions have received little attention, but are of fundamental importance. Despite being quite fragmentary, these broken pieces of basalt are the remains of an important witness to the Assyrian imperial presence in the Near East.
