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LOT 1482
Western Asiatic Cream Stone Cylinder Seal with Figure and Gryphon
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (2.33 grams, 17.06 mm).
Frieze depicting a standing robed figure in profile with one hand raised to an orb above a column, advancing gryphon to the other side; 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 1482
Western Asiatic Cream Stone Cylinder Seal with Figure and Gryphon
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Achaemenid Solid Gold Bracelet
5th-4th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Penannular in form and round in section with clubbed ends, three incised gussets below each finial. 42.88 grams, 73 mm
From the collection of Contessa L.G., assembled in the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in Switzerland in 1999. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13200-249217.
The bracelet resembles a specimen found in Persepolis, in the Treasury, room 65, made from plain bronze wire. If the Achaemenid bracelets are characterised by their extremities shaped like goats or other wild animals, simpler gold bracelets existed, used abundantly by children and women, and also by royal courtiers and even slaves. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Cloak Pin
Bronze Age, 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a tapering round-section pin with a balustered finial. 31.3 grams, 12.1 cm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Double Bovine Head Amulet
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rectangular pendant with median piercing, two feline heads with sockets for the eyes, ears and nose, to accept coloured inserts. 2.45 grams, 18 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
