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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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Western Asiatic Terracotta Bowl with Handle
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bulbous body with rounded base, flattened rim with a small strap handle to the side. 320 grams, 13.3 cm wide
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. 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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Western Asiatic Bronze Bird-Shaped Stamp Seal
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Formed as a bird with folded wings, long neck and head returned to form a suspension loop; intaglio profile bearded bust to the underside. 16 grams, 23 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.
