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LOT 1111
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Vessel
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (812 grams, 10 cm).
Barrel-shaped in profile with two lateral lugs below the rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal for Shamash-ili, son of Nirgal-gamil
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Engraved with a frieze composed of human figures and columns of text: 'Shamash-ili, son of Nirgal-gamil (?), servant of (the god) Sakkud'; drilled vertically for suspension. 9.16 grams, 28 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. 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 Grey Stone Vessel
Circa 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Barrel-shaped in profile with two lateral lugs below the rim. 812 grams, 10 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic and Other Mixed Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £111
Including tabular, oblate, biconvex, polyhedral and other beads in glass, lapis lazuli, shell, serpentine and other materials. 290 grams total, 1-27 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
