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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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Western Asiatic Mixed Stone Bead Necklace String Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two restrung groups of annular beads in shades of green and turquoise. 8.86 grams total, 37-39.2 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Parthian Stone Seal with Bearded Bust
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Carved from opaque stone, upper face with a bearded profile bust wearing a headdress, occluded piercing. 4.52 grams, 21 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Assyrian Green Serpentine Amulet with Worshippers
Circa 900-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Bifacial amulet with chevron borders and worshippers, accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Amulet of Green Serpentine, 31mm. high. There is a band of chevrons at both top and bottom of this amulet, going in opposite directions. Between them on the one side is a standing worshipper holding up a cup in one hand and a bow in the other, in front of him an altar. On the other side is a sacred tree under a winged solar disc, and to the other side of the tree is a minute worshipper with hands extended. [...] from any part of the [...].' 11.9 grams, 31 mm
with Bonhams, Fine Antiquities, 20th May, 1992, no.76. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in 1990.
