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LOT 0297
Western Asiatic Steatite Seal with Animals
3300-3000 B.C.
2 3/8 in. (38.9 grams, 61 mm).
Rectangular in plan and triangular in section with median hole, flat face with incuse frieze of ibexes.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
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 0297
Western Asiatic Steatite Seal with Animals
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic and Other Pottery Collection
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: a shallow dish and a bowl; bulbous jar with painted decoration to the upper body, top separated; two footed bowls, one with painted decoration; and a squat jar; some repaired. 2.74 kg total, 5-19 cm
From a West Country collection, UK, 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. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Bird-Shaped Stamp Seal
Circa 2200-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Comprising a trapezoidal body with D-shaped lateral wings and eyes; ribbing forming the cells for inlaid ornament (?); looped slider-bar to reverse. 28.5 grams, 50 mm
Shinya Tagava, Honcho, Tokyo, Japan, pre-1986. 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. -
Old Babylonian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Animals
2200-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £211
With frieze of leaping and rearing ibexes; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.45 grams, 13.9 mm
Acquired in the 1996. 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.
