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LOT 0215
Mesopotamian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Animal Frieze
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (14 grams, 31 mm).
Above: guilloche of two bands with 'eye' motifs in the voids; below: zebu and other animals on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
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 0215
Mesopotamian Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Animal Frieze
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
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