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LOT 1373
Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (65 grams total, 19-31 mm).
Including one drum-shaped alabaster type with segmented geometric design, one polished columnar example with frieze of figures and other types. [6]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Fine condition.
From a private collection formed in North America; acquired on the US art market in the early 1990s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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9th-11th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Bronze Age Terracotta Decorated Bowl
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With wide body and low foot, decorative impressed-point band with four low lugs below the rim. 3.35 kg, 36 cm wide
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