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LOT 1232
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (15.3 grams total, 12-19 mm).
Comprising: a grey steatite seal with a geometric pattern; a concave grey steatite seal with a linear pattern; a black steatite seal with a zig-zag motif; a steatite seal with a man wearing a Syrian fur-trimmed skirt, a figure in a fringed skirt, partition, a frontal nude woman, partition, a figure in a skirt and a tree; a dark grey granite seal with three dashed figures; supplied with museum-quality impressions. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.6, 7, 19, 42, 68.
Cf. a seal with similar patterns in Buchanan, B., Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection, New Yale and London, 1981, no.226a.
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LOT 1232
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of mixed graduated beads with an elbow bead as the central feature, restrung. 62 grams, 37.2 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection. -
Old Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet with Legal Text
Circa 2000-1900 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 7 | Current Bid: £650
The majority of a pillow-shaped tablet with impressed cuneiform text on three sides and a cylinder seal impression on the short face. 214 grams, 76 mm
Private collection, 1980s. UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert. Accompanied by an original handwritten slip written by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Western Asiatic Grey Stone Cylinder Seal with Processional Scene
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Frieze with standing figures wearing floor-length robes and a kilted figure carrying a wand or mace; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.3 grams, 15 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
