Apollo Art Auctions

August 2023 Auction  –  27 August 2023

Apollo Art Auctions , August 2023 Auction

Ancient Art, Antiquities & Coins

Su, 27.08.2023, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

NEO-ELAMITE OR PARTHIAN STONE CYLINDER SEAL

Ca. 7th - 3rd century BC or later
A reddish stone Neo-Elamite or Parthian cylinder seal. It depicts a worshiper (with Elamite cap?) in front of an altar with an enthroned deity or king. Multiple wedges are found in the exergue.
Size: L:20.4mm / W:9.6mm ; 3.35g
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Estimate: GBP 200 - 300

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Price realized 160 GBP
Starting price 100 GBP
Estimate 200 GBP
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