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LOT 1080
Western Asiatic Silver Ring with Calligraphic Inscription
13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.45 grams, 24.45 mm overall, 21.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22)).
Keeled hoop with three lozenge-shaped plaques, oval bezel with inscribed panel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 1080
Western Asiatic Silver Ring with Calligraphic Inscription
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Sasanian Carnelian Gemstone with Portrait
4th-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Oval-shaped with an engraved profile bust of a bearded man wearing a headdress. 0.49 grams, 12 mm
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder Seal
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With frieze of robed figures in profile with faravahar above and objects in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 8.85 grams, 24 mm
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s. The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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Anatolian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures Holding Clubs
Circa 2600-2300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Description of Cylinder Seal of Soft Black Stone, 19.5 x 13 mm. Two standing human figures are striking with big clubs, the one at a seated (fallen?) human, the other at an uncertain depiction. A third standing human (inactive) and two quadrupeds make up the scene. From Syria or Anatolia, c. 2600-2300 B.C. Condition: edges worn, but the design still sharp.'; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.76 grams, 19 mm
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in October 1987. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
