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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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Neo-Babylonian Hematite Duck Weight
Circa 800-600 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Modelled in the round with its neck and head resting along the spine. 14.1 grams, 30 mm
Private collection, 1990s-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Cream Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of oblate beads, restrung. 14.2 grams, 40.5 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Islamic Glass Calligraphic Vessel with Inscriptions
13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Conical in profile with carinated collar above the waisted foot; iridescent surface; applied band of calligraphic Kufic text within borders; single applied narrow loop handle. 92.3 grams, 93 mm
Acquired on the UK art market, 1990s. Private collection, New York, USA. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13375-255455.
Often, the inscriptions on the glass Islamic artworks are in pseudo-Kufic letters, mostly with elements notched or hatched with shallow cuts. Some letters have foliate terminations.
