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LOT 0295
Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Animal
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (4.40 grams, 18.46 mm).
Tongue-shaped in profile with incuse image of an advancing ram beneath a crescent moon, arrow in the field.
ProvenanceAcquired 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 0295
Neo-Babylonian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Animal
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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