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LOT 0239
Achaemenid Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with King Grasping Rampant Gryphons
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (3.39 grams, 24 mm).
Biconical with median gusset, showing a standing ling grasping the throat of two rearing gryphons; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceEx 'S' collection, London, UK.
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.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0239
Achaemenid Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with King Grasping Rampant Gryphons
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
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