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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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Western Asiatic Gold and Carnelian Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £494
Comprising a graduated group of tabular carnelian beads with interstitial collars of gold granulation and some moulded glass hexagonal tabular-shaped beads; centrepiece a biconvex oval with speckled surface; restrung. 56.8 grams, 42.5 cm long
Ex property of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-1990s, thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous cataloguing card. 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. -
Syro-Hittite Double-Headed Idol
12th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Human form with two heads; the eyes and breasts domed with round recesses, the headdresses and necklaces separately applied, formed with vertical strokes; ledge hand to each side; the lower body extending to a conical base. 109 grams, 17.6 cm
Very fine condition.
Property of a retired English university professor; acquired on the UK art market in 2013. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. 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. -
Gigantic Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Circa 3000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,984
Barrel-shaped in profile with low rim to the mouth; painted dentilled band to the shoulder with eight panels below alternating plain and hatched; similar pattern to the sidewall, the plain panels with swallowtail motif. 11.9 kg, 53 cm high
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, 1974. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12811-241409. 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.
