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Anatolian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure Holding Cup Facing a Standing Figure Anatolian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure Holding Cup Facing a Standing Figure Anatolian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure Holding Cup Facing a Standing Figure
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LOT 0219

Anatolian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure Holding Cup Facing a Standing Figure

CIRCA 2000 B.C.

1/4 - 1 in. (8.02 grams total, 8.1-25 mm).

Cylinder with cord and bead handles; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Black Stone. 25 x 13 mm, condition good. Seated figure holding up cup facing standing figure with one arm raised high, ball-staff between them, solar disc above; two further standing human figures, and two sideways quadrupeds, tête bêche to each other. The design is placed between upper and lower rules. North-Syrian or Anatolian, c. 2000 B.C.'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]

Provenance

UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.

Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in November 1988.
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 0219

Anatolian Black Stone Cylinder Seal with Seated Figure Holding Cup Facing a Standing Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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