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LOT 1376
Western Asiatic Orange Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Figure
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (10.2 grams, 28 mm).
Profile figure standing, wearing a tiered and flounced floor-length robe; chipped; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. a similar (complete) Neo-Babylonian seal in Wilson, J.A., Allen, T.G., Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals, with a description of the collection of Mrs. William H.Moore, Chicago, 1940, fig.130.
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LOT 1376
Western Asiatic Orange Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Figure
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Achaemenid Turquoise Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
Mid 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £130
Composed mainly of graduated oblate beads with larger beads as the central feature, restrung. 10.5 grams, 38 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Zebu and Palm
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Biconical vessel with a narrow foot, painted zebu before a small tree on one side and the other side with a large palm tree. 376 grams, 13.5 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Aramaic Terracotta Magical Incantation Bowl
Circa 4th-8th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Flat-based bowl, inscribed in spiral from the bottom inner wall to the rim with Aramaic text. 360 grams, 17.6 cm
Private collection, 1980s. UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK
Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sasanian period and have been found in the regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as childbirth, illness and evil spirits.
