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LOT 1328
Proto-Sumerian Stone Stamp Seal with Two Animals
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
1 1/8in. (17 grams, 30 mm).
Plano-convex stamp seal with design of two crouching quadrupeds placed tête-bêche.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Footnotes
The motifs have been created using a drill, hence the rounded appearance.
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