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LOT 0204
Neo-Babylonian Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Bull-Man Contest Scene
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 1/2 in. (12.6 grams, 36 mm).
Frieze with contest scene, winged divinity in profile grasping the hindleg of a bull while lion raises its foreleg preparing to strike; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12250-222162.
Literature
Cf. Collon, D., Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals V. Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods, London, 2001, no.321, for another cylinder seal of this period with the very rare contest scene with stag.
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LOT 0204
Neo-Babylonian Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Bull-Man Contest Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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