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LOT 1432
Western Asiatic Stone Seal with Engraved Design
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (19 grams, 37 mm).
Triangular in plan and plano-convex in section with drilled upper face, geometric design to underside.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. seal in similar style from Northern Mesopotamia or Iran, Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr, in Pittman, H., Ancient Art in Miniature, Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky, New York, 1987, no. 4, pp.48-49.
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LOT 1432
Western Asiatic Stone Seal with Engraved Design
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£67 (EUR 77; USD 90) ‡+BP*
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Opening Bid: £162
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Opening Bid: £5
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Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
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Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
4th-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising: frieze with three robed figures flanking a hatched column; two ibexes contending with looped necks, standing bird behind; deeply cut linear image of rearing ibexes; shallow-cut image of a hero with raised arm fending off a winged gryphon, star in the field; frieze with facing hero wrestling two rearing beasts; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 28.7 grams total, 18-32 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
