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LOT 0253
Mitanni Cylinder Seal with Animals in Gold Mounting
CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
1 1/2 in. (16.40 grams, 39.56 mm overall, 23.03 x 31.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+6, USA 15 1/4, Europe 36.34, Japan 34)).
Chalcedony cylinder seal with ancient bronze ring depicting a deer, a sphinx, an ibex, a scorpion and two profile male figures; set into a later gold mounting.
ProvenanceEx Manfred Schwarz, acquired on the German art market before 1970.
Private collection, England.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13144-249540.
Cf. Teissier, B.: Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals, Berkeley, 1984, items 588-9.
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