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LOT 1708
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (34.4 grams total, 18.1-34.1 mm).
Comprising: four columns of cuneiform text; scene with a bowman among trees; nude female facing with hands pressed to her chest; row of fleeing ibexes; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Western Asiatic Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Court Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Frieze depicting a court scene with a profile figure seated on a throne with ibexes fighting to the rear, tree and sunburst motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.03 grams, 16.38 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Neo-Babylonian Stone Duck Weight with Loop
Circa 700-600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Carved in the round as a duck with its head laid back along its spine; pierced and set with a bronze suspension loop. 153 grams, 68 mm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in 1994; thence by descent. -
Western Asiatic Coral-Coloured Glass Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising mainly oblate beads, restrung. 144 grams, 42 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
