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LOT 1193
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 - 1 in. (27.1 grams total, 22-24 mm).
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. [4, 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.4, 5, 28, and one handwritten.
Cf. similar pattern on a seal in Weber, O., Altorientalische Siegelbilder, II volumes, Leipzig, 1920, no.589.
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LOT 1193
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Limestone Jar
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £135
Indurate limestone vessel with squat profile, broad flat base, carinated shoulder and broad rounded rim. 405 grams, 88 mm wide
From a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 1990s. -
Luristan Bronze Bull Statuette
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Modelled with a thin, tubular body and elongated, splayed legs, a short neck supporting an elongated head with bulbous eyes and curving horns, a tubular projection above the rump. 20.9 grams, 51 mm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Sasanian Gold Ring with Garnet Gemstone of an Ibex
3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
With a characteristic knop to one shoulder, an ellipsoid plaque with cell and inset intaglio, advancing ibex; hollow-formed; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.00 grams, 22.16 mm overall, 17.21 x 16.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
From a privately held London, UK, collection from the 1990s.
