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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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2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With incised frieze of birds and animals in a landscape, guilloche borders above and below. 4.6 grams, 24 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector; collection no.015. London collection, 2016. -
Mesopotamian Chalcolithic Fertility Idol
Circa 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Displaying one remaining stub arm, an applied breast and a roughly cylindrical head and neck with recessed circular eyes; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 129 grams total, 13.5 cm high including stand
Acquired 1979-1999. From the collection of a deceased London gentleman, thence by descent. -
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Western Asiatic Religious Vellum Manuscript Page Fragment
Circa 12th-14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Irregular fragment with seven partial lines of text in black Naskh script. 154 grams total, 18 x 13 cm including frame
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
