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LOT 1194
Western Asiatic Gold Ring in Traditional Form
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (4.16 grams, 34.09 mm overall, 14.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
D-section hoop with spurs to the shoulders, tall trumpet-shaped bezel with carinated rim and inset turquoise cabochon.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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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Opening Bid: £125
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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. -
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Jar
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Globular in profile with trumpet-shaped neck and mouth, circumferential painted bands and roundels. 1.41 kg, 23 cm
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 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. -
West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal Matrix with Walking Quadruped
Circa 2000-1500 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Discoid with large looped handle to the reverse; accompanied by typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 22 x 20 x 26mm. This has a round, slightly concave face and a back which rises steeply to a stalk handle with pierced loop. The design on the face, done in intaglio, consists of a walking winged quadruped with tail raised. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2000-1500 B.C. It is a less common type, and the metal is sound.' 21 grams, 26 mm
Ex collection of a late London gentleman, 1990s. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. 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.