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LOT 0892
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (21.4 grams total, 17-28 mm).
Each displaying a frieze of engraved motifs or figures and drilled vertically for suspension. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
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Western Asiatic Glass Vessel Collection
8th-10th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising small vessels including a molar flask, mould blown and cut glass examples. 120 grams total, 50-62 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Western Asiatic Banded Yellow Agate Pendant Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Each polished and pierced for suspension; including two flat-section, cartouche-shaped pendant plaques and three octagonal-section bars with conical terminals. 127 grams total, 54-71 mm
London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family. -
Uruk Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure
Circa 2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Featuring three vertical grooves separating the seal into three separate panels, each drilled with a female figure seated beside pots; drilled vertically for suspension. 15.7 grams, 22 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
