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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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Khorasan Bronze Stand with Ibex
Circa 11th-12th century A.D. and laterEstimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising a domed base with everted rim and incised circumferential bands with roundels; apex with later standing ibex figure, eye-sockets filled with white mineral. 480 grams, 14 cm high
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Kushan Bronze Three-Dimensional Vessel Mount
2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,100
Comprising a plaque of three conjoined lobes with segmented border; at the top, a loop with segmented rim; vignette with a nude male with shoulder-length hair embracing a taller bearded figure with kilt and mantle to left shoulder (Hercules?); below, a satyr with horns and goat's legs beset by hunting dogs. 286 grams, 13.8 cm
Acquired in 1992. Private collection, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12865-241702.
Vessel mounts of this form are not a commonly recovered artefact type, and the presence of two figures instead of one is a very singular feature. We can presume that the mount was attached to a vessel of large dimensions and of a certain importance. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Idol
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
Modelled in the round with columnar body and flared base, arms bent and hands placed flat on the chest holding the nipples, herringbone pattern to the collar, hatched headdress, socket to rear of head. 102 grams, 14.5 cm
Collection T. Arakji, Hamburg, Germany. Private collection, Switzerland, acquired in 1994; thence by descent.
