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LOT 0900
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Abstract Design
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (4.98 grams, 19 mm).
Of cotton-reel shape; deeply incised leaf and other motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s, item no.28B (111).
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.
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LOT 0900
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Abstract Design
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Western Asiatic Carnelian and Other Bead Collection
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising a group of mostly carnelian beads, with a few in other materials; each pierced for stringing. 98 grams total, 2-18 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic and Other Terracotta Bowl and Fertility Figure Group
Circa 3000 B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £520
Comprising: Mycenaean standing terracotta figure with flared base, applied arms, collar, eyes and hair; standing figure with pinched features, applied collar, dished panel above the head, black and ochre paint detailing; Mycenaean psi-shaped standing figure with splayed 'wings' applied hair to reverse, black and red painted detailing; small bowl with rounded underside. 373 grams total, 8.4 - 17.5 cm
Some collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. Property of a North London gentleman. -
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
With frieze depicting a figure in ankle-length robe drawing a bow towards fleeing winged animals, serpents below; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.11 grams, 17.83 mm
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
