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LOT 1261
Western Asiatic Schist Votive Offering Table
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 1/2 in. (2.05 kg, 21.7 cm wide).
Discoid in plan with basal ring and shallow dished face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Western Asiatic Circular Black Stone Seal with Lion Procession
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Plano-convex in profile with incuse design to underside: concentric rings with procession of lions around pomegranates, starburst to the centre. 46.1 grams, 44 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Sumerian Jemdet Nasr Stone Boar Amulet
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With a crescentic polished body, head with drilled eyes and slit mouth, pierced through the raised median collar. 11.2 grams, 56 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Mesopotamian Red Stone Cylinder Seal
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Drum-shaped with frieze of crouching worshippers, each with arms raised and hair worn in a braid behind the head; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 30 grams, 24 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.
