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LOT 0238
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Figures
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (7.16 grams, 24 mm).
With frieze depicting opposed standing figures with spears and khopesh, gryphon, ankh and other items; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1997.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0238
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Figures
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Old Babylonian Terracotta Cuneiform Tag Recording the Delivery of Sheep Carcasses
2000-1600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Almond-shaped with columns of cuneiform text to one broad face and one edge. 14.55 grams, 37.4 mm
Private collection, Jerusalem, assembled in the 1970s-1980s. European private collection, acquired in 1998. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Large Western Asiatic Dark Green Glazed Bowl
10th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
With conical bowl, short stem and flared foot; green-glazed bowl with incised swags to the inner face. 401 grams, 16.1 cm wide
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal with Two-Headed Serpent
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Discoid in plan with loop handle, raised rim enclosing high-relief design of opposed heads of a two-headed serpent flanked by two smaller addorsed serpents. 18.5 grams, 27 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
