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LOT 1250
Neo-Assyrian Steatite Cylinder Seal
CIRCA 800 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (8.67 grams, 30.4 mm).
With frieze of profile winged gryphons, starburst above; 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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