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LOT 1262
Western Asiatic Stone and Faience Cylinder Seal Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 5/8 in. (55 grams total, 19-41 mm).
Comprising: a faience cylinder seal with a standing figure and two opposing stags; a black stone cylinder seal with a standing figure; a hematite cylinder seal with worshipping scene; a black stone cylinder seal with contest(?) scene; a green stone cylinder seal with an ibex and two bird figures; a large fragment of a grey stone cylinder seal. [6]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Heavy Luristan Bronze Dish
13th-7th century B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Comprising a shallow body with sharply sloping walls and wide, everted rim. 712 grams, 19.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family 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. -
Large Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Densely carved scene with two types of rearing horned animals in combat, depicted with long tails and with fur detailing on the bodies, pellets and other motifs on the field; accompanied by a museum quality impression. 52.5 grams, 44 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Zoomorphic Bell
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Hollow-formed as a beast-head, conical in plan with open muzzle flanked by tusks, raised almond-shaped eyes and bridle bands, segmented band to the brow, two lateral curved horns; rear face with two birds and loop above the aperture. 189 grams, 83 mm wide
Ex London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Private collection, London, UK.
