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LOT 1379
Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal with Two-Headed Serpent
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (18.5 grams, 27 mm).
Discoid in plan with loop handle, raised rim enclosing high-relief design of opposed heads of a two-headed serpent flanked by two smaller addorsed serpents. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1379
Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal with Two-Headed Serpent
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Figural Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With frieze of advancing figures, objects in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.4 grams, 22 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Early Achaemenid Carnelian Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
550-450 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With a dynamic frieze composed of a large bird, possibly an ostrich, running and looking back towards human-bodied winged bull, the anthropomorphic creature (possibly depicting Lamassu) wearing a crown and drawing a bow aiming it at the escaping bird, a small bird on the foreground; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.28 grams, 18 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet from 'Warad-Amurru' to 'Ubar-Shamash' Concerning Barley
19th-16th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Pillow-shaped with impressed bands of cuneiform text to both broad faces, one edge and one end. 70 grams, 60 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1988. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
