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LOT 1571
Western Asiatic Carnelian Cylinder Seal with God Lamassu
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (0.54 grams, 14.1 mm).
Frieze depicting a lamassu in profile advancing towards a tree with crescent above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1571
Western Asiatic Carnelian Cylinder Seal with God Lamassu
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Western Asiatic Bronze Pendant Cylinder Seal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
The shank formed as a drum with ring-and-dot motif to the underside, two comb motifs to the sidewall, knop finial formed as a fist; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 34.9 grams, 36.8 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Mesopotamian Bronze Socketted Axehead
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising a tubular socket and a slender triangular blade. 320 grams, 11.7 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
Similar axe is represented in hands of Akkadian warriors on the Stele of Victory of Naram-Sim, at the Louvre, dated at 23rd century B.C. It was a typology used by Sumerian and Akkadian warriors. -
Monumental Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Comprising a sharply tapering lower body, parallel-sided upper body and rounded rim; decorated in dark brown with thirteen square panels with central saltire on a hatched field; repaired. 17 kg, 64 cm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12972-245238.
