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LOT 0226
Cappadocian Stone Cylinder Seal with Court Scene
CIRCA 2000-1900 B.C.
1 5/8 in. (21.9 grams, 40 mm).
Frieze including two standing attendants in flounced floor-length robes before a laden table and a seated figure in similar robes, the seated figure drinking from a vessel through a drinking pipe, behind him a stag with a small animal between its legs, a border of pellets above and below; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seal from the Marcopoli Collection, California, 1984, pp.200-201, no.352.
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Opening Bid: £250
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