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LOT 1679
Western Asiatic Schist and Lead Artefact Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
7/8 - 1 3/4 in. (10 grams total, 23-45 mm).
Comprising: body of an amuletic figure modelled in the round with band to the waist and groin; bird figure with pierced suspension lug. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1679
Western Asiatic Schist and Lead Artefact Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Large Western Asiatic Agate Cylinder Seal
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With winged gryphons flanking a human figure with head in profile and one hand raised; abaraded; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 33.9 grams, 48.4 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Skillet Handle
Bronze Age, circa 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a D-shaped lower end and a coiled loop at the end of the handle. 100 grams, 25 cm
Ex property of a Cambridge gentleman, acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Master of Animals
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Scaraboid type with incised segmentation to upper face; underside with median standing figure with arms extended above two leaping ovicaprids, the classic 'Master of Animals' motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.66 grams, 21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
