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LOT 0241
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (2.11 grams, 17.83 mm).
With frieze depicting a figure in ankle-length robe drawing a bow towards fleeing winged animals, serpents below; 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 0241
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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Marble Libation Table
2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
A Nabataean or Hellenistic libation table with drum-shaped body and four stub legs ending in bovine hooves; circumferential bands of egg-and-dart ornament, ropework ornament to the rim, dished upper face to accept votive offerings. 19.2 kg, 25 cm
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11927-209636.
Rooms in Greek and Roman houses were largely devoid of furniture, and instead more emphasis was given to the display of works of art: mosaic floors, wall paintings, and freestanding bronze and marble sculpture. However, domestic altars have been found in various Greek and Roman houses (especially in Pompeii). This unusual small table with its elaborate support was likely to have been used to deposit fruit, sweets and other types of small gifts as offerings. Such tables were used in all the Greek and provincial Roman world, even by the Nabataean Arabs during the Roman period. -
Western Asiatic Bull-Headed Bronze Spout
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Of roughly cylindrical form, terminating in a stylised bull's head with curved horns. 135 grams, 79 mm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private collection since 1998. -
Sassanian Bulbous Silver Rhyton
7th century A.D.Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
Piriform body with applied thick-rimmed mouth, pierced at the base. 485 grams, 17 cm
London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.10947-181165.
