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LOT 1455
Western Asiatic Inscribed Seal Matrix with Aramaic Inscription
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (3.53 grams, 17 mm).
Scaraboid in black glass with gryphon to the underside beneath transverse band with 'ΡΙIΛΚΧ' inscription.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
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LOT 1455
Western Asiatic Inscribed Seal Matrix with Aramaic Inscription
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Collection
Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Mixed group of items, including arrowheads, a dagger blade, a beast-headed implement, a medical spoon and others. 192 grams total, 6.4-19.1 cm
Acquiredon the London, UK, art market, 1990s onwards. -
Mesopotamian Terracotta Cuneiform Tablet
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large fragment of a pillow-shaped tablet with impressed text on one face. 83 grams, 70 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. -
Persian Painted Gilt Shahnameh Miniature Leaf
20th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £160
Paper leaf from a manuscript mounted in a rectangular veneer reveal; Side A: gilt-bordered painted miniature with in two bands of calligraphic text divided into four blocks; nobleman in floor-length robe wearing a crown and turban sitting on a gilt throne with floral decoration, stroking his beard; two courtiers to his rear and a third to one side; standing military figure in helmet and mailcoat, with a scabbarded shamshir at his side, greaves and poleyns on his legs; all set in a garden with fountain and verdure; Side B: four columns of calligraphic text in 29 lines; signature to the bottom left. 90 grams, 40.2 x 28 cm
Private collection, UK.
