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LOT 0984
Central Asian Bronze Compartmented Eagle Seal Matrix
CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.
1 1/2 in. (17.2 grams, 38 mm high).
Accompanied by a typed and signed scholarly note written by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which states: 'This bears the shape of the design, with flat compartmented face and flat back, on which a handle of inverted V-shape is mounted. The design consists of a heraldic eagle, with head sideways at the top, body beneath, and wings spread and curving downwards. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. it is a fine design and in very good condition save that the lower part of the body is missing.'
Provenance
Ex S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.
Accompanied by a typed scholarly note signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s with reference no.V-619.
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