Apollo Art Auctions

July 2024 Auction  –  13 - 14 July 2024

Apollo Art Auctions , July 2024 Auction

Ancient Art, Antiquities & Militaria

Part 1: Sa, 13.07.2024, from 2:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 14.07.2024, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

JEMDET NASR TRANSLUCENT WHITE STAMP SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT

Ca. 3000 BC A Jemdet Nasr translucent white stone cylinder seal. The design features two squatting women facing one another with four pots between them and four similar pots behind their backs. The design is cut with a drill and graver and probably shows a factory scene with the women making pots. Accompanied by a signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.
Size: 15mm x 16mm; Weight: 7.7g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly with a Mayfair Art dealer S.A.; Ex. 1990s London collections, studied and catalogued by professor Lambert in the early 90s (with original note, signed by him). Previously in an old British collection formed since the 1960s.

Estimate: GBP 300 - 600

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Starting price 200 GBP
Estimate 300 GBP
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