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LOT 1319
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (3.56 grams, 17 mm).
With frieze of standing figures addressing a seated figure in a long robe holding up a cup; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1319
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Seljuk Green-Glazed Ceramic Oil Lamp
Circa 11th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £124
With biconical profile to the body, U-section nozzle, loop handle with trefoil thumb-pad. 224 grams, 13.7 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1970-1990s. From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Early Akkadian Shell Cylinder Seal with Divine Hero
Circa 2300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Cylinder with standing male figure with a pair of animals to each side, restrung pair of red stone beads, old handwritten label '1647'; accompanied by a copy of 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 Cream Fossil Shell, 37 x 22 mm. In the centre stands a divine hero, nude, and gripping the neck of a horned animal on either side, each of which is being attacked by a lion with erect tail. For a terminal there stands a tall tree. This is an early Akkadian seal from Mesopotamia or West Iran, c. 2300 B.C. The symbolism comes from temple herds, which were liable to be attacked by lions at this time. They believed that certain gods and divine heroes could rescue their animals from such attacks, and by showing such scene on their seals they hoped to achieve the result be sympathetic magic.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 37.6 grams, 37 mm
Armand Trampitsch, Glyptique Archéologie, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13-14 May 1992, no.23 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in 1992. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With globular body and short cylindrical socket. 510 grams, 88 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.