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LOT 1316
Mesopotamian Stone Cylinder Seal Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 in. (15.78 grams total, 16-27 mm).
Comprising four seals in carnelian and other materials, depicting: standing figure in flounced robe holding two ibexes by the foreleg, date-palm in the field; opposed gryphon and perching bird of prey; figure and quadruped in a landscape; standing robed figure with recumbent oxen to each side, rampant gryphon. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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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