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LOT 1241
Western Asiatic Stone Vessel
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (396 grams, 11.6 cm wide).
With a broad squat body with carination and a flat rim to the mouth; basal ring.
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1988-1990s.
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LOT 1241
Western Asiatic Stone Vessel
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£56 (EUR 64; USD 75) +BP*
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Syrian Steatite Cylinder Seal with Beasts
Circa 1300 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A reused seal with an untrimmed top, showing a beast with a small beast on its back, a man in front, star as a filler motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 6.27 grams, 22 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue slip with collection no.61. -
Western Asiatic Terracotta Jug with Concentric Circles
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Bulbous body with a flattened base, a short funicular neck and a round-section strap handle, seven concentric circle motifs with a central pellet on the shoulder. 1 kg, 21.5 cm
Ex Abelita collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a brown steatite seal with drilled motifs; a cream quartz seal with a geometric pattern; an intentionally broken hematite seal with a nude frontal woman, two small figures with antlers beneath, a male with curly hair and another figure with a long neck, a practise piece; a cram limestone seal with three tree motifs; a steatite seal with linear and pellet motifs; supplied with museum-quality impressions. 25.1 grams total, 13-21 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. Accompanied by previous typed catalogue slips with collection nos.11, 12, 54, 62, 71.
