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LOT 1438
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (8.13 grams total, 11-20 mm).
Comprising: frieze with linear geometric figures, two columns of cuneiform text; drilled images of scorpions and other zoomorphs; leaping ibexes in profile and vertical fish; nude figure with arms behind his back standing between serpents, confronting a robed figure with knife beneath a star; fragment with kneeling figure in profile holding a spear; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. a similar scene on a seal in Wilson, J.A., Allen, T.G. Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals, with a description of the collection of Mrs. William H.Moore, Chicago, 1940, fig.167.
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LOT 1438
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Achaemenid Turquoise Glass and Other Bead Necklace String
Mid 1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of graduated oblate beads with larger beads as the central feature, restrung. 10.5 grams, 38 cm
Acquired in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol Head and Other Fragment Collection
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a horse head, three idol heads and a fragment with an impressed motif. 70.1 grams total, 30-47 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Golden Horde Gilt Bronze Fastening Element
13th-14th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Pentagonal in plan with scooped ogival upper edge, shallow sides and slider-bar to reverse; high-relief decorative motifs of rosette and radiating stems and leaves. 18.25 grams, 43 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
