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LOT 1336
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 1 in. (16.03 grams total, 13-25 mm).
Comprising: a white stone cylinder seal with lozenges and 'eye' motifs; a brown stone cylinder seal with a standing robed figure and a standing quadruped; a small cream cylinder with three deeply carved motifs; a black stone fragment showing the body of a seated figure; a black stone cylinder seal fragment showing a winged genie and two smaller standing figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. a seal with similar pattern in Weber, O., Altorientalische Siegelbilder, II volumes, Leipzig, 1920, no.586.
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Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Quadrupeds
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Deeply engraved and showing two reclining quadrupeds with long necks, with two small reclining stags above, pellets on the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4 grams, 24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Early West Central Asian Schist Stamp Seal with Cross
Circa 4000-3400 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Domed stamp seal with engraved face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Black/Green Stone 25 x 22.5 10 mm. This is a hemispheroid with flat face, pierced. The design consists of a simple cross and each vacant quarter so created is filled with two V-shapes. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 4000-3400 B.C. One side is broken off, but what remains is in good condition.' 9.5 grams, 25 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report, numbered V-88, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Western Asiatic Buff Steatite Cylinder Seal with Figural Scene
900-700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Frieze with two opposed standing figures wearing floor-length robes with fringed edges, ovicaprids and other beasts in the field; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.69 grams, 28 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
