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LOT 1496
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal with Gryphon
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (4.31 grams, 19 mm).
Rectangular block with recurved wire handle; incuse profile gryphon motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman's collection by descent, 1980s.
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Western Asiatic Stamp Seal with Winged God
Circa 800 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Conical body with ribbed collar and loop, raised plaque to the underside with incuse image of winged figure; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.8 grams, 16 mm
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Luristan Bronze Spearhead
1200-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With an ovate blade, central rib and curved shoulders, the lozenge-section long shaft tapering towards the end, a rectangular tang with a bent tip. 830 grams, 40 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
The spearhead represents a slender variant of type 1 of the Khorasani classification. The type 1 was characterised by a bent tang. It was the evolution of a typology which began much earlier in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent, the type 4 of the Stronach classification, with a straight tang and square section, usually thickened at the base with a button tang.
