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LOT 0199
Urartu Black Stone Stamp-Cylinder Seal with Winged Quadruped
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (7.88 grams, 30 mm).
With two winged monsters, accompanied by museum quality impressions and a copy of an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Description of Stamp-Cylinder Seal of black stone, 31 x 14 mm. Sides: two winged monsters of slightly differing type; lunar crescent and other fillers, the design between rules. Base: winged quadruped. The stamp-cylinder is from the ancient Urartu, the area around lake Van, and dates c. 900-700 B.C. It has a pierced lug at the top which allows the base to be used as a stamp seal. Such monsters as are depicted are typical of Urartian art, not only of their seals. Condition very good.' [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection, acquired 1990-1993.
Accompanied by a copy of a scholarly note, typed and signed by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert in 1987.
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LOT 0199
Urartu Black Stone Stamp-Cylinder Seal with Winged Quadruped
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
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