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LOT 1854
Western Asiatic Carnelian Calligraphic Gemstone
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.7 grams, 16 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan with incuse calligraphic legend amid tendrils and flowers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1854
Western Asiatic Carnelian Calligraphic Gemstone
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Showing a man on a standing bull, grabbing the hair of a captive with his right hand. 84 grams, 51 mm high
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 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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Western Asiatic Votive Terracotta Dagger
1st century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Model dagger with two-lobed pommel and similar guard, applied bands to the scabbard, two attachment points. 5.83 grams, 88 mm
Japanese private collection, assembled in the 1990s. Acquired from the above in 2010. European private collection. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet Fragment
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Thick fragment with a section of impressed cuneiform text on the obverse. 77.3 grams, 66 mm
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