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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 Bronze Seal Matrix Group
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising four seal matrices, each with an inscribed matrix. 14 grams total, 19.6-25.3 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Cypro-Phoenician Bronze Cup
6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Bell-shaped in profile with carination above the foot. 144 grams, 11.2 cm
Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman, Mayfair gallery, 1990s. -
Bactrian Turquoise Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Restrung designer group of turquoise-coloured seed beads with fan-shaped, lentoid and other beads. 4.57 grams, 56.5 cm
Ex Jack Ogden and Faustus Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK, 1980s-1990s, and latterly a London gentleman's collection.