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LOT 1137
Western Asiatic Silver Ring with Quatrefoil Bezel
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 in. (15.25 grams, 29.66 mm overall, 17.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
With a wide hoop, grooved plaque to each shoulder; raised quatrefoil bezel with ribbing, central starburst motif enclosed within a hatched frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North American gallery since the 1990s.
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Free-standing; modelled with a pinched, bird-like head and face with large applied circular eyes, two ornamental collars, stub arms and splayed foot. 43 grams, 14.1 cm high
Acquired in the 1970s. Ex European private collection. -
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Stamp Seal
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Tapering, hexagonal in plan with incuse calligraphic inscription; pierced at the narrow end. 21.1 grams, 35 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Mesopotamian Cuneiform Envelope Fragment with Figure
Early 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Rectangular casing fragments with four vertical bands of cuneiform text framing a profile figure in flounced robe and smaller figure (mother and child); abraded cuneiform text to upper edge. 20 grams, 53 mm
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. This small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.
