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LOT 1445
Neo-Babylonian Bronze Stamp Seal
CIRCA 600 B.C.
1/2 in. (4.92 grams, 14 mm).
Formed as a cone with pierced bulb finial, the field divided by a horizontal band with crescent, pellet and asterisk in the upper zone, facing lion-mask in the lower.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 1445
Neo-Babylonian Bronze Stamp Seal
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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