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LOT 1373
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (0.70 grams, 16.12 mm).
Frieze depicting two crouching gryphons with a vertical sapling and a bee above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 1373
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising: profile gryphons flanking a scorpion; stylised linear design; combat scene with two figures tackling a rearing lion; ibexes running amid hatched foliage; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 22.7 grams total, 15.7-26 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Flat Axe
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Trapezoid blade with narrow butt and curved cutting edge, rectangular in cross-section. 264 grams, 18.5 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
This was one of the commonest tool types in the Early and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age, but rarer in the Late Bronze Age. These axes were fixed to a wooden shaft with thongs. -
Nabataean Red Terracotta 'Eggshell' Bowl
Circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A shallow dish with a low rim and foot. 37.7 grams, 69 mm wide
From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.
