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LOT 0966
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (7.5 grams, 23 mm).
With frieze depicting a bird with wings spread above an advancing canine, tree and leaping goat. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.028.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 603, for type.
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Western Asiatic Gold Artefact Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £286
Mainly comprising sheet-gold beads and decorative elements, including double tubular beads, domes, lotiform ornaments, a spherical bead with spool-shaped and filigree ornament, together with other types. 6.45 grams total, 8-30 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Science of Astronomy and Mathematics Manuscript Page Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Group of twelve leaves from a scientific treatise written in blocks of twenty-one lines of black ink Naskh script with occasional red insertions and highlighting; text figures in red ink; tabulation grids and zodiacal figures in red with black numerals and marginal calculations in blue; probably from North Africa. 60 grams, 21 x 15.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bracelet and Axehead Collection
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Ten penannular arm-bands or bracelets composed of round-section bodies tapering towards the terminals; two axeheads. 1.8 kg total, 10.4-13.7 cm
Acquired in Europe before 1992.
