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LOT 1408
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Standing Figure
CIRCA 1500 B.C.
1/2 in. (1.63 grams, 14 mm).
Slender seal with a standing male figure holding a staff, flanked by five trees; 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.52.
Cf. similar seal in Weber, O., Der Alte Orient, II volumes, Leipzig, 1920, no.161.
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LOT 1408
Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Standing Figure
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Inscribed Seal Matrix with Aramaic Inscription
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Scaraboid in black glass with gryphon to the underside beneath transverse band with 'ΡΙIΛΚΧ' inscription. 3.53 grams, 17 mm
From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a white stone cylinder seal with lozenges and 'eye' motifs; a brown stone cylinder seal with a standing robed figure and a standing quadruped; a small cream cylinder with three deeply carved motifs; a black stone fragment showing the body of a seated figure; a black stone cylinder seal fragment showing a winged genie and two smaller standing figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 16.03 grams total, 13-25 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Ceramic Tobacco Pipe Bowl
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bowl with carinated shoulder, impressed rouletting, angled joint with bulbous mouth. 24.7 grams, 53 mm
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
