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LOT 1322
Syrian Steatite Cylinder Seal
3000 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (11.9 grams, 33.7 mm).
With enigmatic segmented design of foliage and other motifs; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1992.
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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