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LOT 1884
Western Asiatic Silver Temple Ring with Turquoise Cabochon
CIRCA 10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (4.02 grams, 30.77 mm overall, 15.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
'Architectural' type with plain shank, square-section bezel with vertical filigree frame to each face, domed roof and cell with inset turquoise stud.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureDeveloped from the Byzantine 'architectural' ring tradition, cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 496, 507, for type.
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LOT 1884
Western Asiatic Silver Temple Ring with Turquoise Cabochon
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) ‡+BP*
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Akkadian Bronze Bowl for King Manishtushu, King of the World
2270–2255 B.C.Estimate: £35,000 - 45,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £17,500
Hemispherical in profile with a thin rim; inscribed rectangular panel with three fields, two each with a glyph and the right field with five cuneiform characters referencing King Manishtushu. 273 grams, 13.5 cm
Private collection, London, UK. Swiss private family collection. Believed to be from the same ownership as the bronze bowl sold at Sotheby’s, London, 21 April 1975, no.238. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.99066. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13197-249183.
Manishtushu (Akkadian: Man-iš-tušu), son of Sargon of Akkad and brother and successor of Rimush, reigned as king of the Akkadian Empire c. 2270-2255 BC (Middle Chronology). His reign is known primarily from royal inscriptions, administrative texts, and later king lists. Manishtushu consolidated imperial control following internal revolts suppressed under Rimush and pursued military campaigns in both southern Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf region, notably leading an expedition across the sea, probably to Magan (modern Oman), to secure supplies of diorite and metals for monumental construction. He is particularly associated with extensive land purchases in northern Babylonia, recorded on inscribed stone monuments, which provide rare insight into Akkadian legal and economic practices. These texts suggest a deliberate policy of royal acquisition and redistribution of land, possibly to strengthen central authority. Manishtushu also undertook significant building projects, including temple works at Nippur and elsewhere, dedicating offerings to major deities such as Enlil. His reign ended violently, and later tradition suggests he was assassinated in a palace conspiracy, after which he was succeeded by his son Naram-Sim, under whom the empire reached its greatest territorial extent. -
Old Akkadian Terracotta Round Cuneiform Tablet Recording Amounts of Grain
Circa 2340-2200 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Biconvex in section and sicoid in plan with incised grid, cuneiform text and impressed points. 8.34 grams, 27 mm
Private collection, 1980s. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. -
Western Asiatic Engraved Grey Stone Stamp Seal with Animal
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Trapezoidal in plan with incuse advancing lion to the underside; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 9.82 grams, 34 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
