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LOT 1166

Bactrian Bronze Stamp Seal

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

2 1/8 in. (99 grams, 54 mm).

Formed as three nude male figures each with one hand to the mouth and the other covering the anus; with vertical bar handle and ring finial.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1166

Bactrian Bronze Stamp Seal

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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