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LOT 1379
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Animal and Other Artefact Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 3/4 in. (160 grams total, 24-46 mm).
Including cat's head, crouching lion, dog and other designs. [7]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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LOT 1379
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Animal and Other Artefact Collection
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Mesopotamian Stone Lion-Headed Terminal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Carved in the round with a mounting slot beneath the chin, deep sockets at the eyes to accept inlay. 79 grams, 51 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Animal Seal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Rectangular in plan with transverse piercing; incuse image of a stag. 16.8 grams, 38 mm
From the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
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Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Processional Scene
Sumeria or Syria, circa 1800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Columnar in profile and pierced laterally, incuse scene of two standing figures facing each other with a smaller figure, bird (?) and sun with crescent moon between them; a second pair of figures facing each other, one of them worn. 12.3 grams, 25 mm
Ex Constable collection, 1990s. Ex P. Morris collection. Accompanied by four old photographs, one dated 'Bromley 1995'.
