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LOT 1486
Jemdet Nasr Type Pink Jasper Cylinder Seal with Ibexes
CIRCA 3100-2900 B.C.
3/4 in. (10.7 grams, 18.76 mm).
Carved with a band of stylised running horned quadrupeds; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx H. Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, collected in the 1980s-1990s.
Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue information card.
See The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.1999.325.1.
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Opening Bid: £56
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