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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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LOT 1336
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Western Asiatic Engraved Carnelian Calligraphic Intaglio
Late 19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
A circular intaglio with a two-line inscription; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.67 grams, 16 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: a brown serpentine seal with a geometric pattern; a cream serpentine seal with a geometric pattern; a black steatite seal with a figure in a fringed dress with the hood over the head, a small table and two corn-ears as a divider; a blue glass seal with a standing figure and a rearing quadruped; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 27.1 grams total, 22-24 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.4, 5, 28, and one handwritten. -
Western Asiatic and Other Bead Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of various beads, mainly in glass and stone. 159 grams total, 1-25 mm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.
