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LOT 1220

Anatolian Steatite Seal with Bird

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 3/8 in. (28.7 grams, 36.5 mm).

Plano-convex in profile with a lightly inscribed antique legend to domed face (including Arabic name and numeral '1298'); underside with reserved figure of a bird with wings spread.

Provenance

With Artemis Gallery, Munich, 1980s.
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, November 1992.
European private collection.
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 1220

Anatolian Steatite Seal with Bird

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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