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LOT 1255
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix with Lion
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (11.18 grams, 18 mm).
With stepped, pierced handle, intaglio motif of a stylised standing lion with a branch above.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
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LOT 1255
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix with Lion
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Gold and Carnelian Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
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Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing card. -
Western Asiatic Stone Phallus Axe
Neolithic Period, 5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lentoid in section with rounded cutting edge, carinated butt formed as a phallus. 1.76 kg, 22 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in dense Naskh script, fifteen lines of dense black ink text to each side in a rectangular border with liquid gold fill, red diacritics and liquid gold rings as punctuation. 2 grams, 12.5 x 19.5 cm
Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
