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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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Neo-Assyrian Winged Gryphon Bone Plaque
Circa 700 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Rectangular carved furniture panel with raised frame above and below the central figure modelled in the half-round; the figure an advancing gryphon with head raised and wings spread, hair falling in three locks to the shoulder, tail raised; the wing with raised rims to the feathers forming cells to accept an inlay in contrasting colour; remains of tenons above and below; Phoenician style; mounted on a custom-made stand. 274 grams total, 10 cm wide including stand
Ex Florida collection, purchased from Kelekian, New York, prior to 1970. 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.11971-209611.
The figure is shown with the head raised; the example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is very similar, is eating the flowers of a tiered papyrus plant. Many such plaques were manufactured in workshops at Nimrud, but some may have been plundered from the treasuries of defeated enemies. -
Luristan Bronze Implement with Antelope Heads
11th-8th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
With a rounded end, the substantial finial formed of three ibex heads with spiralling horns. 88 grams, 16.5 cm
From a UK private collection, before 1980. -
Western Asiatic Limestone Cylinder Seal with Birds
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With drilled frieze of perching birds. 8.81 grams, 17 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector, collection no.047. London collection, 2016.
