Large West Central Asian Bronze Double Sun-Whorl Seal Matrix

CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.

1 7/8 in. (38.7 grams, 48 mm).

Discoid stamp seal with segmented face and a flat back with a loop handle, the design consisting of a central circle from which two layers of bands spread towards the edge.

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex property of a West London businessman.
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.

CONDITION

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