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Lot 26
7th-11th century AD. A group of items comprising: a carved equal-armed stone cross; a large octagonal weight with a high-relief face; a bronze equal-armed cross pendant; a globular pendant with applied scroll and pellet decoration; an inscribed square bronze weight; one square lead weight with a triangle decoration; a ceramic decoration with cross and four dots; a bronze bifacial pendant with saints, attachment loop absent; a lead decoration with flower decoration; a lead mirror(?) frame with scroll and dots decoration; a thin bronze cross appliqué. 320 grams total, 22-90mm (3/4 - 3 1/2"). The property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980s-early 1990s. [11, No Reserve] Mainly fine condition.
Lot 658
2nd century BC-2nd century AD. The top of a rectangular alabaster stele with stylised human face carved in the half-round with remains of blue and red pigmentation; lentoid sockets for separate inlaid eyes, keeled triangular nose, D-shaped bilinear ears; short incised inscription below the chin; mounted on a custom-made stand. 3.6 kg, 26.5cm including stand (10 1/2"). From the Rihani family collection; acquired 1990s. South Arabian sculpture associated with palaces and domestic settings often reflects a strong Graeco-Roman influence. In contrast, ancestral images, funerary portraits and votive dedications exhibit a distinct style that is characteristically local. The flat surfaces to the rear of these stele suggest that they were installed against walls and were most likely memorial plaques in honour of the dead. Relief plaques such as these are known from the upland areas of the Marib, the ancient centre of the Sabaean Empire. This area contains numerous stone ruins dating from between the first millennium BC into the early first millennium AD, and which was a period when the region was enriched by the burgeoning Roman demand for spices that linked south Arabia to Ethiopia and the cultures of the Indian Ocean in a complex trade network. Fine condition, cracked, nose chipped.
Lot 702
20th century AD. A carved blue stone vessel with metal base and stub feet, openwork upper plaque with lion modelled in the round, chop seal signature to the underside. 259 grams, 84mm (3 1/4"). Property of an American gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 72
Neolithic Period, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of stone tools comprising: a tongue-shaped blade with chamfered edge; one similar with lateral curved edge; one similar with inked accession number 'FZ/E/4; a slate blade with rounded butt and chamfered blade. 221 grams total, 77-86mm (3 - 3 1/2"). Property of a Norwich, UK, collector; acquired 1960s. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 75
1st-2nd century AD. A group of stone and ceramic heads consisting of: a terracotta head of a female with hair swept back from the face and falling to the back; a red ceramic head with impressed eyes, long nose and short mouth, traces of brown glaze; a buff coloured ceramic head hair swept back, heavy brow ridge, large eyes and open mouth; a stone head with painted details for the eyebrows, moustache, teeth and hair. 486 grams total, 57-92mm (2 1/4 - 3 3/4"). The property of a German gentleman; acquired 1980s-early 1990s. Fair condition.
Lot 117
19th century AD. A silver ring with tapering shank; shoulders with applied pellets in a triangular shape; twisted rope pattern around raised bezel set with an orange glass or stone. 4.65 grams, 20.61mm overall, 18.87mm internal diameter (approximate ring size British R 3/4, USA 9, Europe 60 1/4, Japan 18"). (1"). Property of an American collector; acquired 1980-2000. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 173
1st millennium AD and later. A mixed stone group comprising: a statuette fragment, torso in a tunic with arms to the sides; a discoid stamp; an openwork plaque with a fish. 815 grams total, 5-15.5cm (2 - 6 1/4"). Property of a German gentleman; acquired before 1989. [3, No Reserve] Fine condition, plaque repaired.
Lot 187
A group of six undated archaistic cylinder seals in 3rd-2nd millennium BC style consisting of: carnelian seal with lion attacking a grazing goat, inscription to the top; a white agate seal with two figures holding staffs and wearing long robes stood either side of the Tree of Life with the winged sun disc above; a haematite seal with seated figure wearing crown and holding staff, sun symbol in front; figure advancing wearing long robes and presenting a human head, behind three smaller figures in the act of worship; series of dots and plant motif with three rows of human and animal heads; a stone seal with suspension loop above engraved with geometric motifs, sun symbol, snake, bird and seated figure; underside with scorpion; a bronze seal with worshipper in long robes and headdress approaching two deities, bands of cuneiform between; a haematite seal with two worshippers approaching deities, bands of cuneiform between, underside with face of Humbaba. 99 grams total, 22-42mm (3/4 - 1 3/4"). Ex German collection; acquired 1980s. [6, No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 235
1st-20th century AD. A large group of metal, stone and ceramic item fragments; including a section of a bronze bracelet with repousse lions, bronze arrow heads, coins (3), beads, fittings, bone hair pin, pewter thimble and others. 1.5kg total, 7-18.5cm (2 3/4 - 7 1/4"). Ex German collection; acquired 1980s. [115, No Reserve] Fair condition.
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