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LOT 0414
Egypto-Phoenician Haematite Scaraboid Seal
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (8.35 grams, 21 mm).
With rampant lion and statant winged gryphon.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.3095.WW.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12715-234628.
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LOT 0414
Egypto-Phoenician Haematite Scaraboid Seal
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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