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LOT 1055
Western Asiatic Stone Beads with Engraved Animals
20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
3/4 in. (22.1 grams total, 20-22 mm).
Two roughly spherical beads carved from a milky stone, both possibly engraved later, a frieze of animal and mythical figures, together with a single, apparently human, figure. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
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LOT 1055
Western Asiatic Stone Beads with Engraved Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Luristan Bronze Pin with Ibex
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Cappadocian Cylinder Seal with Standing Figures and Lamma
Circa 1900-1800 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Haematite with four standing figures; accompanied by a section of an old typed scholarly note on a collection of 61 seals, typed and unsigned, by W. G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cappadocian, c. 1900-1800 B.C. Hematite. Figure with axe over shoulder and holding symbol facing (i) figure holding different symbol, (ii) Lamma, and (iii) worshipper; bird, "vessel" and "ball staff".' 4.28 grams, 17 mm
Property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s with collection identification no.39. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of an unsigned scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
