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LOT 0991
Western Asiatic Bronze Lion Padlock
CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (71.7 grams, 70 mm).
Standing with open mouth and engraved annular eyes; voids to the chest and rump, triangular tab and hole to the rear of the head, hasp absent.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the 1990s.
Ex property of a Suffolk collector.
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Large Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal
4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Rectangular in plan with angled upper faces and transverse piercing; incuse design of three ibexes in procession, zigzag above; chlorite. 92 grams, 73 mm
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Bone Doll's Face
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Modelled as a human bust with naturalistic facial features, almond-shaped eyes, furrowed brow, remains of narrow lips, fleshy nose, cheeks and chin, ornamented neck. 8.29 grams, 35 mm
From an important collection, by descent; seen and numbered by Professor Lambert in the 1980-1990s. -
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Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion
Susa II, circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Discoid with transverse piercing; one side with incuse profile image of a winged quadruped; the other side with a bird in flight flanked by a fish and serpent; supplied with a museum-quality impression of each face. 11.5 grams, 29 mm wide
Ex S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.
