Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A Collection of Antiquities, circa 3rd Millennium B.C./1st Millennium A.D.
Lot Closed
July 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Collection of Antiquities
circa 3rd Millennium B.C./1st Millennium A.D.
including several stamp and cylinder seals, several Roman gold earrings, a Roman glass unguentarium and fragmentary mold-blown bottle, a fragmentary Roman glass or agate cameo with facing couple, an Egyptian turquoise faience amulet of falcon-headed Horus, four Egyptian steatite and faience scarabs, a cuneiform tablet, an Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris, and a Judean bronze coin, Bar Cochba, A.D. 132-135.
Box 24.3 by 14.6 cm., largest piece 20 cm.
probably British private collection, until at least September 1949 (based on document accompanying the case)
American private collection, acquired at auction in 2021 (Arte Primitivo, New York, December 14th, 2022, no. 505)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale