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LOT 1772
Mitanni Faience Cylinder Seal with Birds and Palm Tree
CIRCA 1400 B.C.
1 in. (1.8 grams, 23 mm).
Cylinder with hatched borders, three standing birds facing back towards a standing figure, tree behind; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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