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LOT 0226
Large Proto-Sumerian Red Jasper Seal
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
2 5/8 in. (82.8 grams, 66 mm).
Plano-convex in section with incuse animal forms to the underside.
ProvenancePrivate collection.
Acquired from a Swiss collection, 2002.
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LOT 0226
Large Proto-Sumerian Red Jasper Seal
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £300
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Heavy Luristan Bronze Dish
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Opening Bid: £75
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Babylonian Black Stone Inscribed Duck Weight
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £111
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with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.
