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LOT 1303
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 1 5/8 in. (39.73 grams total, 12-41 mm).
Comprising: frieze with profile running horse pulling a chariot with spoked wheel, seated driver and objects in the field; field of geometric linear symbols within broken borders; frieze with segmented standing figures; frieze with S-curved striated band, possibly a serpent with turned towards the rear; presenttion scene with seated magnate and facing supplicant, birds and guilloche in the field, chipped; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. a seal with similar figures in Buchanan, B., Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection, New Yale and London, 1981, no.987c.
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Large Kushan Gold Pendant with Bust of a Goddess
Circa 4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
A late Kushan or Hephthalites Dynasty discoid pendant with a female deity, possibly Nana, at the centre holding a lotus flower in her right hand, hair elaborately dressed and wearing large earrings, necklace and bracelets; enclosed by a border of stylised bull heads and a double-plaited border, the outer edge with raised bosses; later applied polygonal suspension loop with granulated collars and an oval garnet cabochon. 22.11 grams, 71 mm
Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent. Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13021-246776.
Nana (Kushan Greek: Νανα, Ναναια, Ναναϸαο, Sogdian Nni) was a Bactrian female deity, a variation of the pan-Asian Nana, a fusion of the Sumero-Babylonian Inanna-Ishtar with a local deity, in her Kushan form with the local (Zoroastrian) Harakhvati Aredvi Sura Anahita. Such syncretism was common among Kušan deities. She was an important patron deity in the Kushan Empire and the most important deity worshipped by Emperor Kaniška (c. 127-150 A.D.). -
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Western Asiatic Basalt Tablet with Cuneiform Inscription
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Architectural fragment with rectangular band to one edge, carved decorative detailing with inscription. 7.85 kg, 32.6 cm
Private collection, Europe, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1980s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12521-231989.
Amid the many architectural, sculptural, and textual riches of Assyria and Mesopotamia, the broken pieces of basalt bearing fragmentary cuneiform inscriptions have received little attention, but are of fundamental importance. Despite being quite fragmentary, these broken pieces of basalt are the remains of an important witness to the Assyrian imperial presence in the Near East. -
Western Asiatic Brown Stone Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Broad and squat with slightly everted rim to the mouth; old collector's label to underside 'N6056-2 P5000-'. 341 grams, 12 cm wide
Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.
