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LOT 1267
Western Asiatic Granulated Gold Beads
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/4 in. (1.88 grams total, 7 mm each).
Each drum-shaped with filigree coil around the mounting hole and openwork granulated surface. [2]
ProvenanceFrom the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1969-1999.
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late Babylonian Stone Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
1000-800 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With incuse frieze depicting a winged male figure wearing a tall headdress and holding a khopesh hooked sword, one foot placed on the corpse of a goat or ram, grappling with a rearing bull-headed winged beast and gripping its raised foreleg; behind, a second winged male figure with a sceptre and raised club to strike the bull-headed beast from behind; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 32.6 grams, 40 mm
From the property of late Mr SM, London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Jar
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Fusiform in profile with broad carinated rim to the mouth, horizontal geometric bands enclosing a frieze of zebus. 1.06 kg, 21 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1980s. From a UK private collection. -
Cylinder Seal Group
Circa 2300-2200 B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising: an Akkadian example with a heroic scene carved in shell, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of White Marble, 18 x 10 mm. The design shows hero in the middle, succouring on either side a domestic quadruped on its hind legs, each being attacked by a lion. This is an Akkadian seal from Mesopotamia or West Iran, c. 2300-2200 B.C. The surface is somewhat worn.'; a haematite seal engraved with a walking dog or wolf with three stars above, rosette to the back; a carnelian seal engraved with a group of worshippers wearing long robes and Median caps, tree motif to the back. 7.62 grams total, 13-18 mm
The first property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the 1980s. The other examples the property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1995. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. Accompanied by a original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
