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LOT 1151
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal and Amulet Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 1 in. (19.4 grams total, 12-24 mm).
Comprising: a pillow-shaped carnelian amulet pierced through the notched upper edge, hatched panels to both faces; a triangular-section stamp seal displaying ring-and-dot motifs and a possible animal figure; a plano-convex stamp seal bearing a geometric motif; a square-shaped lapis lazuli amulet engraved with a horned quadruped standing right. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
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LOT 1151
Western Asiatic Stone Stamp Seal and Amulet Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bird Necklace
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £260
Restrung necklace of irregular garnet oblate beads with interspersed lapis lazuli beads carved in the form of a perching bird. 37.7 grams, 37 cm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. -
Western Asiatic Carnelian Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising a restrung necklace of patinated carnelian disc beads with central larger stone bead, separated by tiny glass spacers between and modern screw clasp. 18 grams, 52 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Uruk Speckled Brown Stone Bovine Amulet
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Modelled in the round, bovine figure with head lowered; the eyes drilled to accept an inlay (absent); suspension hole at the shoulders incomplete. 33 grams, 45 mm
Ex S. collection, London, UK, 1980s-2000s.