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LOT 1430
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 1 in. (16.57 grams total, 12-24 mm).
Comprising: a dark grey steatite seal with two standing creatures with two smaller creatures above them; a hematite seal with a Syrian man wearing a short skirt, a man with curly hair holding a staff, an adorant in a Syrian skirt and a man wearing a pleated skirt; a light grey quartz seal with a figure with outstretched arms riding a beast; a steatite seal with vertical registers; a steatite seal with a seated figure and standing attendants; supplied with museum-quality impressions. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.29,39,59,70, and one handwritten note.
Cf. a seal with similar patterns in Buchanan, B., Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection, New Yale and London, 1981, no.231.
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LOT 1430
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Large West Central Asian Bronze Seal Matrix with Cross of Trees
Circa 2300-2000 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Openwork seal matrix with a loop on the reverse, 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 Bronze, 40 x 40 x 14 mm. This is round, with flat face and flat back, on which is mounted a handle of inverted U-shape. The design consists of a central oblong joined to the outer rim with struts. From the centre of each side of the oblong is a short strut joining two crescent shaped lines creating the impression of a tree, and between each such combination is a single straight strut from oblong to edge. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. The metal is in very good condition, and the whole seal is also in fine state of preservation.' 15.2 grams, 40 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 N-11, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Western Asiatic Black Gemstone with Ibex
Circa 2nd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £5
Tabular type with incuse design of a standing ibex on a baseline between sockets; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 0.89 grams, 16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
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. 39.73 grams total, 12-41 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
