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LOT 1179
Sumerian Cylinder Seal with Fish
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 in. (2.49 grams, 14.09 mm).
With geometric 'stylised fish' motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1996.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Opening Bid: £100
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Private collection, UK.
