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LOT 1451
Western Asiatic Veined Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (1.64 grams, 13.5 mm).
Frieze depicting an advancing gryphon, scorpion and bird; 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 1451
Western Asiatic Veined Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Western Asiatic Red Jasper Cylinder Seal with Court Scene
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Frieze depicting a court scene with a seated figure in profile with one hand raised towards a standing figure wearing a floor-length robe, to the rear a bird with wings spread above a cluster of pelleted roundels; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.36 grams, 17.76 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Glass and Stone Bead Necklace String
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composed mainly of oblate and annular beads with larger beads at the centre, restrung. 16.8 grams, 44 cm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Western Asiatic Zoomorphic Terracotta Rhyton
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
With a flaring neck and zoomorphic spout, possibly a horse's head with a circular opening in its chest. 670 grams, 18 cm
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.281z11 from Oxford Authentication, 16 June 1981.
