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LOT 0234
Jemdet Nasr Type Stone Animal Seal
LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (46.3 grams, 72 mm).
Carved in the half-round as a perching bird with reserved piriform wing; underside with three drilled designs, each a pair of feet; pierced for suspension.
ProvenanceAcquired 1979-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 58.30.3, for a Jemdet Nasr avian figure.
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