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LOT 1224
Kassite Red Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
14TH-12TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (41 grams total, 12.1 x 9.2 cm).
With frieze depicting two Lama goddesses approaching a seated figure, two columns of cuneiform text; mounted on a reinforced card with impression and collector's handwritten text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Antonovitch Gallery, Paris, 1978.
Chesnes Gallery, Lyon, 1982.
Acquired at Drouot, Paris, 2022.
Private collection, London.
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 1224
Kassite Red Stone Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
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