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LOT 1067
Western Asiatic Brown Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
CIRCA 21ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (11.9 grams, 32 mm).
Frieze depicting two opposed seated figures with arms outstretched and faravahar above, column of later cuneiform text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 1067
Western Asiatic Brown Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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North-Western Luristan Bronze Dagger
Late 2nd-early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
The hilt decorated with three ridges set above incised chevrons, guard with round shoulders forming two arms that overlap the blade, cast into a tapering triangular blade with round mid-rib. 505 grams, 33 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
This very rare typology of dagger is related in type with those with crescent guard, while the pommel is related to the daggers with disc pommel. A similar parallel came from Tepe Hissar in North Iran. According to Muscarella, it is highly probable that the daggers with such rare hilt had an origin in an area north of Luristan. -
Luristan Bronze Arrowhead Group
13th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising lanceolate, triangular, barbed-and-tanged and other types. 187 grams total, 42-87 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Illuminated Quran Manuscript Page
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Loose paper leaf with handwritten text in Naskh script, thirteen lines of black ink text to each side, red and blue inked rings as punctuation, marginal arabesque painted motif and re ink framing to recto; pencil marks and notation. 5.3 grams, 21.5 x 34 cm
Ex M. Cummings collection, UK, 1990s.
