Western Asiatic Globular Stone Jar

3rd millennium B.C. Polished with a broad everted rim and rounded base. 990 grams, 10.2 cm wide (4 in.). Acquired in Europe before 2001. European collection. [For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is a

An undated archaistic carved stone jar with domed foot and balustered stem, bulbous body with flared rim, domed lid with carination, decorated with friezes including profile busts, running canines, st

Bronze Age, 3200-1200 B.C. A polished green stone spindle whorl or jar-stopper, with a shallow conical body and central hole. 6.07 grams, 23 mm (7/8 in.). Acquired in Jerusalem, Israel, in the 1980s.

1st millennium B.C. A ceramic jar composed of a globular body, broad everted neck, two knop handles and a rounded base, decorated with a frieze of incised overlapping chevrons with parallel bands abov

3rd-2nd millennium BC. A terracotta globular vessel with flat base, flared rim, two lateral ledge handles and single knop to the equator with two rings of impressed-point detailing, similar to the nec

. A mixed group of undated archaistic seals comprising: for cylinder seals in lapis lazuli and other hardstones; four discoid stamp seals in crystal and lapis lazuli; two globular beads; two carved cr

1st millennium B.C. 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 an

2nd-1st millennium B.C. or later. Steatite or talc with two columns of cuneiform text, un-drilled: -num, son of Ad-da-al(?)-a/za(?); possibly unfinished. See Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinde

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Comprising: bull in seated pose, quartz; nesting bird, steatite; crouching frog, serpentine. 7.71 grams total, 16-22 cm (5/8 - 7/8 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a No

4th millennium B.C. Graduated group of restrung butterfly-shaped beads with labrys-shaped spacers. 29.8 grams, 37 cm (14 1/2 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection. [No Reserve]

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With incised braided design forming diamond-shape hatching. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 28. 10.9 g

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Of cotton-reel shape; deeply incised leaf and other motifs. 4.98 grams, 19 mm (3/4 in.). Ex property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s, item

Circa 1st millennium B.C. and later. Restrung with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire,

1st millennium B.C. and later. A restrung designer necklace composed mainly of graduated pottery, glass and stone beads of various dates, types and colours, including a central piriform bead. 16.6 gra

Circa 1st millennium B.C. and later. Restrung, composed of white circular beads of stone, shell, and glass, including biconical, irregular and other types. Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McG

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Graduated designer group of agate, crystal, glass and other beads, biconvex, tubular, drop-shaped and other types, the centrepiece a large annular bead. 95 grams, 56 cm long (2

1st millennium B.C. and later. Restrung; composed of beads of various shapes and shades of cream, light blue and grey. Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Bag

This unique collection comprises four ancient amulets of Western Asiatic origin, crafted from various stones, including rocky quartz and agate. These amulets vary in size, with dimensions ranging from

A Western Asiatic mottled stone spectacle idol Circa 4th Millennium B.C. With trapezoidal body, 'eyes' drilled through and carved flat at the back, 6.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance: With Momjian (Abu

2nd-1st millennium B.C. Polished haematite cylinder with incuse frieze depicting a standing profile human figure in flounced kilt and mesh tunic brandishing a dagger towards a rearing ibex, with two s

1st millennium B.C. Modelled in the round with incised scale detailing, annular eyes and open slit mouth; pierced through the dorsal fin. 8.4 grams, 33 mm (1 1/4 in.). Collected from 1969-1999. From t

9th-7th century BC. A bronze jar with squat body, broad tubular neck, flared rim, deep shoulder, ring of domed bosses to the obverse surrounding a short spout formed as a female mask with deep eye soc

. A mixed group of undated archaistic seals comprising: seven cylinder seals in haematite, lapis lazuli and other hardstones; five flat-section stamp seals, one agate, one crystal and three lapis lazu

. A mixed group of undated archaistic seals comprising: seven cylinder seals in crystal, lapis lazuli, carnelian and other hardstones; a lapis lazuli plano-convex seal; a fusiform carnelian seal; a cr