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LOT 1414
Western Asiatic Cream Stone Cylinder Seal Figural Scene
CIRCA 1400-1300 B.C.
1 in. (5.82 grams, 27 mm).
With a frieze depicting a standing figure in a knee-length kilt, one arm extended towards a seated figure with a bent arm and perching bird; supplied with an old collector's record card and a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Accompanied by a previous handwritten catalogue note card.
See Van Der Osten, H.H., ‘The Ancient Seals from the Near East in the Metropolitan Museum: Old and Middle Persian Seals’ in The Art Bulletin, vol.13, no.2, New Year, June, 1931, p.223, lett.D, for a seal in a similar figural style.
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LOT 1414
Western Asiatic Cream Stone Cylinder Seal Figural Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Large fragment of a pillow-shaped tablet with impressed text on one face. 83 grams, 70 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well-preserved examples. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Jug with Concentric Circles
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bulbous body with a flattened base, a short funicular neck and a round-section strap handle, seven concentric circle motifs with a central pellet on the shoulder. 1 kg, 21.5 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
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Sasanian Gold Pendant with Three Registers
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Ovoid in plan with a loop to the narrow end, repoussé pellets to the rim, star-and-crescent motifs, and ropework borders. 3.47 grams, 45 mm
Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent. Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
The crescent is often illustrated in the clan symbols (neshan) of aristocratic Sasanian families. On the reliefs of Naghsh-e-Rustam, the crescent moon is linked to aristocratic clans, and on various monuments, it is linked with military units.
