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LOT 1340
Western Asiatic Spool-Shaped Gold Beads
LATE 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (1.91 grams, 19 mm).
Group of three spool-shaped elements, each pierced longitudinally and forming a spacer bead for a multi-strand necklace.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970s onwards.
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Bactrian Manuscript Fragment of a Letter
6th-7th century ADSold for (Inc. bp): £468
A near-complete fragment of a letter in Avestan on leather, recto bearing eight lines of cursive script, faded but largely undamaged; verso bearing traces of at least two lines of text; irregular in shape. 5.57 grams, 15.5 cm
Fair condition.
Collection of Bruce Ferrini, USA. Central London gallery, acquired c.1994. Property of a UK collector. For UK buyers only, this item is not exportable from the UK. -
Urartu Black Stone Stamp-Cylinder Seal with Winged Quadruped
Circa 900-700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
With two winged monsters, accompanied by museum quality impressions and 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 Stamp-Cylinder Seal of black stone, 31 x 14 mm. Sides: two winged monsters of slightly differing type; lunar crescent and other fillers, the design between rules. Base: winged quadruped. The stamp-cylinder is from the ancient Urartu, the area around lake Van, and dates c. 900-700 B.C. It has a pierced lug at the top which allows the base to be used as a stamp seal. Such monsters as are depicted are typical of Urartian art, not only of their seals. Condition very good.' 7.88 grams, 30 mm
UK private collection, acquired 1990-1993. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in 1987. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Man Riding Bull
12th-7th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Standing bull with a rider on its back holding onto the horns, leaning forwards, staring the bull in the eyes and applying what is possibly a bridle decorated with a series of impressed 'dots'; the rider seated forward on the shoulders, applied eyes with central impressed 'dot', a series of dots impressed in an X-pattern between shoulders and hips at the rear and three bands of impressed dots to the legs; bull's tail held firmly between his back legs, applied eyes, shallow dots and incised line representing muzzle and mouth, applied collar at the neck decorated with three lines of impressed 'dots'. 41.5 grams, 64 mm
Fair condition, repaired.
Ex important Mayfair, London, UK, collection, before 2000. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
