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LOT 1133
Bactrian Stamp Seal Collection with Standing Ibex
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (9.27 grams, 24 mm).
Comprising a domed body, underside with engraved horned animal among foliage; pierced longitudinally; accompanied with slip reading 'Bertolami Fine Arts: Oxus, sigillo in giadeite con stambecco, BFA, E74, Lot 373'.
Provenancewith Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction E74, no.373.
Private collection, Europe.
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