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LOT 0209
Mesopotamian Amethyst Cylinder Seal with Bearded God
CIRCA 900-600 B.C.
1 in. (6.57 grams, 23 mm).
With bearded male between winged horses; accompanied by an old scholarly note, written and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of Amethist [sic] 24 x 11mm. Standing god between two winged horses. North Mesopotamia or West Iran. c.900-600 B.C. Condition good.' [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Oasis Ancient Art, London, W1, before 1990.
Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the 1990s.
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original handwritten and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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