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LOT 0890
Western Asiatic Pink Jasper Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (8.96 grams, 16 mm).
Cotton-reel type with regular pattern of larger and smaller drilled pellets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.19.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 6, for type.
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Sumerian Tel Brak Eye Idol Fragment Collection
Circa 3700-3500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Carved from alabaster, marble and schist, each one depicting an almond-shaped eye from an idol. 14.05 grams total, 11-24 mm
Ex collection formed in the 1990s. Acquired from a central London gallery. Accompanied by an old packet including handwritten identification. -
Western Asiatic Epigraphic Animal Plaque
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Lentoid in plan and curved with two attachment loops to the reverse; low-relief image of a lion with tail arched over the back; solar masl to each and another above the lion's back; the whole surface with dense hatching and grids with text. 22.8 grams, 94 mm
From a UK private collection, before 1980. -
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Geometric Cylinder Seal
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With carved geometric design of chevrons and fusils on a hatched field. 5.1 grams, 18 mm
From a Cotswold, UK, collection, item no.61; as seen and catalogued by the late Professor Wilfrid George Lambert pre 1990.
The late W.G. Lambert was Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham in the period 1970-1993.
