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LOT 0245
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (2.7 grams, 20 mm).
With incised frieze of a standing crowned figure offering a frond to a facing female figure with a third in floor-length garment behind, two columns of later cuneiform text to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.036.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 108, for type.
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Luristan Copper Flat Axehead
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed with a rounded butt and flared cutting edge; flat in cross-section. 151 grams, 17.3 cm
UK private collection formed before 2000. Ex North London, UK, gallery. -
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Mesopotamian Silver Bead Necklace
3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £7,500
Restrung and comprising mainly spherical, elongated ovals, oblates, and segmented tube shapes. 224 grams, 54 cm long (1.5 kg total, 24.2 x 24.2cm including case)
Numismatic and Ancient Art Gallery AG, Ancient Art of the Mediterranean World, No 8, lot 5, c.1982. Taisei Gallery, Gold & Silver Auction, Part II, Ancient to Renaissance, 5 November 1992, The Conrad Salon, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York, lot 39. From an important North West London collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11970-210480. -
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Bactrian Bronze Plaque with Figural Scene
Circa 2000 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Of rectangular form, two stylised figures depicted frontally, an animal in profile above the smaller figure. 139 grams, 91 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
