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LOT 1159

Estimate
GBP (£) 500 - 700
EUR (€) 580 - 810
USD ($) 670 - 940

MESOPOTAMIAN STONE CYLINDER SEAL WITH DIVINE HERO
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (9.2 grams, 25 mm).

With stylised standing male figure, rampant antelope and lion on each side; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of the late S, London, UK, 1970-2000.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 1990s.
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.

CONDITION
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