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LOT 0090
Cretan Red Carnelian Hieroglyphic Seal
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (3.99 grams, 18 mm).
Square in section and pierced longitudinally, incuse scene to each face: labrys above a tree; starburst between hatched panels; arrow, axe and other objects; figure above an axe.
ProvenanceFrom the Priday collection, Brookmans Hall, Hertfordshire, UK, formed 1930-1940s onwards by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12385-225393.
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no. 1921,0711.2 for similar multi-face seal.; see Boardman, J. Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze Age to Late Classical, London, 1970, p. 35, fig. 56 for type.
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