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LOT 1783
Western Asiatic Cream Stone Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (9.8 grams, 21 mm).
Cylinder with a carved scene of three rampant animals engaged in a combat, pierced vertically; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 1783
Western Asiatic Cream Stone Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Mixed Stone and Glass Bead Collection
Circa 1st millennium A.D. and laterEstimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of beads in various shapes, including oblate, tubular, biconical, spherical, and others. 35 grams total, 7-50 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Agate Cylinder Seal with Two Registers
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With design in two registers divided by a median band; each with combat scene of a hero beset by rearing beasts. 14.73 grams, 43 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Gold Capped Banded Agate Bead
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a barrel-shaped banded agate bead with a conical gold-sheet cap at one end. 0.98 grams, 15 mm
From the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.
