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LOT 1507
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures and Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (3.39 grams, 21.79 mm).
Frieze depicting two profile figures standing among birds, scorpions, sunburst and other motifs; 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 1507
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures and Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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Neo-Babylonian Bronze Stamp Seal
Circa 600 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as a cone with pierced bulb finial, the field divided by a horizontal band with crescent, pellet and asterisk in the upper zone, facing lion-mask in the lower. 4.92 grams, 14 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Old Babylonian Hematite Cylinder Seal with the Moon God Sin
Mesopotamia, 1900-1700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With incuse frieze; 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 hematite, 19 x 9.5 mm., condition good. Three standing figures: to the right a standing god with horned tiara, holding a scimitar in the left hand, the right clasped at the waist; facing him a standing goddess holding a spouting jar, above her a fish perhaps with lion's face; to the left a god with short dress holding up a shepherd's crook. Old Babylonian, c. 1800-1600 B.C., but probably from northern Mesopotamia. The god with the crook is Amurru, god of shepherding. The other two cannot be identified.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.9 grams, 18 mm
Mr K. Kobayashi, Osaka, Japan, prior to 1992. Accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1992. -
Nabataean Red Terracotta 'Eggshell' Bowl
Circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A shallow dish with a low rim and foot. 37.7 grams, 69 mm wide
From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.
