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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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Urartu Bronze Stag Statuette
1st millenium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
With deep brow-ridge and swept ears, narrow waist and short tail; hollow to the underside. 899 grams, 16 cm wide
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. -
Western Asiatic Silver Dress Pin
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With a short tapering body, balustered finial topped with three rounded cuboids. 13.1 grams, 85 mm
From a family collection formed in the 1970s-1980s. From the Inglismaldie Castle estate, Angus, Scotland, by descent to the current owner. -
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Pillow-shaped with substantial remains of text to two faces. 212 grams, 95 mm
Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
