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LOT 1051
Western Asiatic Red Breccia Cylinder Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (7.92 grams, 27 mm).
With drilled frieze of antelopes grazing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.048.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 245, for type.
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Opening Bid: £200
Polished and engraved with confronted human and animal figures; drilled vertically for suspension. 1.9 grams, 16 mm
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Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. 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. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
