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Early Parthian Stone Cylinder Seal Early Parthian Stone Cylinder Seal Early Parthian Stone Cylinder Seal
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LOT 0196

Early Parthian Stone Cylinder Seal

LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 in. (8.75 grams, 24 mm).

With frieze depicting galloping horseman and fleeing stag, with a second horse confronting the first, repaired; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

From the collection of the late S., London, UK, 1970-2000.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0196

Early Parthian Stone Cylinder Seal

Sold for (Inc. bp): £585

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