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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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Sumerian Marble Bull Amulet
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Carved as a recumbent bull with head turned facing, band to the muzzle and dewlap beneath; pierced vertically at the shoulders for suspension. 38.9 grams, 51 mm
Dr S. McCutcheon, Houston, Texas, USA, prior to 1980. Acquired by the current owner from the above. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11964-209617. -
Parthian Bronze Ring with Attacking Gryphon
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Round-section hoop supporting a scaphoid plaque with chamfered underside, incuse image of a winged gryphon seizing an ibex. 6.32 grams, 25.71 mm overall, 20.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)
Ex old English collection. London art market, pre 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Jemdet Nasr Amulet of Recumbent Animal
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Carved shell figure of a recumbent beast with row of drilled sockets above the lower edge. 46.6 grams, 67 mm
The Erlenmeyer Collection of Western Asiatic Seals and Antiquities, formed between 1943 and the early 1960s. with Bonhams, London, 22 April 1999, lot 486. Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonham's catalogue pages.