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LOT 0202

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600

MESOPOTAMIAN LAPIS LAZULI CYLINDER SEAL WITH WORSHIP SCENE
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (14 grams, 31 mm).

Frieze with two full-length standing figures in ankle-length robes each holding a feather towards a pillar with sun-disc above, crouching human worshipper to one side, labrys to the other; scene in two registers with guilloche border between, gryphon above with one foreleg raised, ibex below, crouching with tail raised; 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 checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12248-222164.

CONDITION
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