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Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene

Antiquities & Coins
03.09.2019 - 09.09.2019
Schätzpreis
200 £ - 300 £
ca. 243 $ - 365 $
Zuschlagspreis:
225 £
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 0262

Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene

Antiquities & Coins
03.09.2019 - 09.09.2019
Schätzpreis
200 £ - 300 £
ca. 243 $ - 365 $
Zuschlagspreis:
225 £
Beschreibung:

Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene Mid 19th-late 16th century BC A carved limestone Old Syrian cylinder seal with presentation scene with an enthroned deity wearing a flounced robe and a round cap with an upturned brim and with a big topknot faces right, he left hand raised in greeting, holding in the right a kind of sceptre; the throne consists of three stacked round cushions, held in place by a frame, the deity's feet rest on a foot-stool; the deity faces two persons standing in front of him, the man turning his back on him in a slit fringe skirt with a spear repelling a lion who jumps at him, but the woman following in a long fringe robe, raising her right hand right looks at the deity; between the deity and man above there are three flat breads, below an incense-burner; upstairs between man and woman a stylised bird? and the sun disc over the crescent; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.96 grams, 22mm (1"). Fine condition. [No Reserve] Provenance Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s. Literature For the fight by spear against a lion cf. B. Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1984, p.207, fig.379.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 0262
Auktion:
Datum:
03.09.2019 - 09.09.2019
Auktionshaus:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
Großbritannien und Nordirland
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
Beschreibung:

Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene Mid 19th-late 16th century BC A carved limestone Old Syrian cylinder seal with presentation scene with an enthroned deity wearing a flounced robe and a round cap with an upturned brim and with a big topknot faces right, he left hand raised in greeting, holding in the right a kind of sceptre; the throne consists of three stacked round cushions, held in place by a frame, the deity's feet rest on a foot-stool; the deity faces two persons standing in front of him, the man turning his back on him in a slit fringe skirt with a spear repelling a lion who jumps at him, but the woman following in a long fringe robe, raising her right hand right looks at the deity; between the deity and man above there are three flat breads, below an incense-burner; upstairs between man and woman a stylised bird? and the sun disc over the crescent; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 3.96 grams, 22mm (1"). Fine condition. [No Reserve] Provenance Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s. Literature For the fight by spear against a lion cf. B. Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals from the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1984, p.207, fig.379.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 0262
Auktion:
Datum:
03.09.2019 - 09.09.2019
Auktionshaus:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
Großbritannien und Nordirland
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
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