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LOT 1399
Western Asiatic Stone Scaraboid Seal with King and Inscription
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (3.02 grams, 16 mm).
Plano-convex in profile with median figure flanked by two columns of text.
ProvenanceEx the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999.
Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
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LOT 1399
Western Asiatic Stone Scaraboid Seal with King and Inscription
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£125 (EUR 145; USD 169) +BP*
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Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £60
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Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Early West Central Asian Schist Stamp Seal with Cross
Circa 4000-3400 B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Domed stamp seal with engraved face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Black/Green Stone 25 x 22.5 10 mm. This is a hemispheroid with flat face, pierced. The design consists of a simple cross and each vacant quarter so created is filled with two V-shapes. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 4000-3400 B.C. One side is broken off, but what remains is in good condition.' 9.5 grams, 25 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Ex property of a West London businessman. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly report, numbered V-88, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert. -
Sumerian Limestone Plaque with Lion
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £400
Fragment from a plaque or large bowl with high-relief head and foreparts of a lion with broad piriform face and sunken eyes; rounded rim above. 246 grams, 96 mm
Ex Mr J.K. Maryland, USA. Private collection. Acquired in 1999.
From a technical point of view, the sculpture, in low relief, belonged to a ritual element with profile figures highlighted by an extremely delicate internal modelling, with space between the various decorative bands that admirably preserves the figure of the lion, giving it full value, according to an artistic principle also found in the seals of the Jemdet Nasr period (2800-2600 BC).
