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LOT 0278
Akkadian Lapis Lazuli Master of Animals Type Cylinder Seal
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (4.19 grams, 18 mm).
With incuse design including an advancing human figure and two rampant stags; old collector's tag.
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.
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LOT 0278
Akkadian Lapis Lazuli Master of Animals Type Cylinder Seal
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
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Opening Bid: £1,000
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