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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.
ProvenanceFrom 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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