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LOT 1119

Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal with Figures

CIRCA 800 B.C.

1 1/4 in. (9.49 grams, 31 mm).

Design comprising two pairs of rearing ibexes and other creatures, each crossing its partner forming a saltire; vertical looped-tendril motifs between; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 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.

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LOT 1119

Neo-Assyrian Cylinder Seal with Figures

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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