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LOT 0199

Estimate
GBP (£) 2,500 - 3,500
EUR (€) 2,890 - 4,050
USD ($) 3,350 - 4,690

ACHAEMENID SILVER CYLINDER SEAL CASE WITH BATTLE SCENE
5TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 in. (17.4 grams, 32 mm).

Depicting a combat scene comprising of a standing richly dressed royal figure with a bow-case, one hand holding wrist and other piercing shoulder of a kneeling soldier; standing helmetted archer holding his other shoulder; two bearded men lying face down beneath; winged sun disc above and date palm behind; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12821-240845.
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.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The British Museum, no.124015.

CONDITION
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