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LOT 1331
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Deity and Beasts
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
3/4 in. (3.65 grams, 20 mm).
Showing a crescent moon and a standing beast, unusual filler motifs including a snake, an altar and a seated deity with a fringed skirt; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.50.
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LOT 1331
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Deity and Beasts
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Western Asiatic Bronze Horse Statuette
2nd-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Modelled in the round as a stocky horse or a mule with pierced lugs beneath the hooves, a looped neck harness around the neck. 106 grams, 66 mm
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £163
Comprising: a white marble seal with a geometric pattern; a black steatite seal with stars, a lozenge and sickles; a small white limestone seal with a geometric pattern; a grey-brown serpentine seal with a geometric pattern, Jemdet Nasr type; a steatite seal with two standing stags and a lion; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 20.75 grams total, 9-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.10, 13, 15, 16, 46. -
Sasanian Marble Bifacial Amulet with Animals
Circa 2nd-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Rectangular in plane with transverse piercing, one side with a leaping lion and the other with a reclining antelope or ibex. 4.43 grams, 18 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
