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LOT 1199
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Deer and Scorpion
CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
7/8 in. (13 grams, 22 mm).
Barrel-shaped with incuse frieze of a leaping deer and a scorpion, pellets in the field; supplied with an old dealer's ticket and a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Accompanied by a previous handwritten catalogue note card.
Cf. Eisen, G.A., Ancient oriental cylinder and other seals with a description of the collection of Mrs William H. Moore, Chicago, 1942, no.151, for a similar scene on a round seal.
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LOT 1199
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Deer and Scorpion
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Achaemenid Turquoise Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
Mid 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £208
Composed of small oblate beads with larger oblate and oval beads as the central feature, restrung. 29 grams, 35 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Western Asiatic Faience and Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising: a cylinder seal showing an advancing Lamassu facing a robed figure with a drawn bow; a cylinder seal with winged beasts; a cylinder seal showing a winged beast facing back and Lamassu; a fragment of a stone cylinder seal showing a standing figure; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 11.94 grams total, 20-27 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Large West Central Asian Bronze Five-Spoked Motif Seal Matrix
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Openwork seal matrix with loop handle on the reverse, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 39 x 39 x 15 mm. This is round, with notched outer edge with flat face and flat back on which a handle of inverted U-shape is mounted. The design is compartmented and partly open-work, perhaps by accident. It consists of five identical linear motifs starting from the edge, curving around and crossing over themselves then curving around in matching fashion and reaching the edge. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. It is a rare design. There is a little damage to the edge and the centre of the design, but generally it is in good condition.' 38.5 grams, 39 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report, numbered R-745, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.
