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LOT 0238
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/8 in. (1.57 grams, 10 mm).
With frieze depicting a a seated figure holding a vessel in one extended hand, a star, a leaping dog, a nude female facing, two advancing attendants; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 0238
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With frieze depicting central standing figure (the god Enki) in ankle-length robe holding a vase from which four jets of water flow downwards; two flanking attendants in flounced robes; panel of cuneiform text; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.66 grams, 20 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 Gold Earring Pair
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Matched pair of hollow-formed gold earrings each formed as a series of bulbs separated by beaded wire collars and with a pair of loops to each end of the shank. 4.33 grams total, 20.8-21.2 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Luristan Bronze Zoomorphic Pin Finial
Circa 8th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Substantial cast finial of a gryphon in recumbent pose, arched neck and beaked head, diagonal folded wing, legs folded beneath the body; attachment for the pin at the rump. 155 grams, 72 mm
Acquired from Arte Primitivo, New York City, U.S.A., circa 2010. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by an original Bonham's catalogue page for an almost identical example.
