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LOT 1123
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Trial Piece
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1 1/8 in. (6.06 grams, 30 mm).
Steatite or talc with two columns of cuneiform text, un-drilled: -num, son of Ad-da-al(?)-a/za(?); possibly unfinished. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.083.
London collection, 2016.
See Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, for discussion.
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Western Asiatic Mixed Gold Bead Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
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Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s-2000s. -
Sumerian Jemdet Nasr Stone Boar Amulet
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With a crescentic polished body, head with drilled eyes and slit mouth, pierced through the raised median collar. 11.2 grams, 56 mm
Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Phoenician Stone Figure
Circa 5th-3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Wedge-shaped in section with figure carved in the half-round to one face, warrior with armoured covering to the shoulders and chest, knee-length tunic. 2.65 kg, 23.3 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
