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LOT 1739
Western Asiatic Stone and Glass and Stamp Seal Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (8.38 grams total, 12-17 mm).
Including scarab with sphinx to the underside (chipped), cuboid with crouching stag, disc with scorpion and other types; some supplied with a museum-quality impression. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1739
Western Asiatic Stone and Glass and Stamp Seal Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Syro-Hittite Terracotta Bull
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Modelled in the round with pinched limbs and dorsal ridge; applied pellet eyes; with old collector's record card. 41.2 grams, 69 mm
Acquired from John L.Homan, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s. Accompanied by an old original handwritten information card. -
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Idol
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
Modelled in the round with columnar body and flared base, arms bent and hands placed flat on the chest holding the nipples, herringbone pattern to the collar, hatched headdress, socket to rear of head. 102 grams, 14.5 cm
Collection T. Arakji, Hamburg, Germany. Private collection, Switzerland, acquired in 1994; thence by descent. -
Sasanian Agate Stamp Seal with Sphinx
3rd-7th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex type with incuse profile figure of a sphinx crouching with the legs folded beneath the body; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.19 grams, 13 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
