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LOT 1252
West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Pig
23RD-20TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (37 grams, 61 mm).
A bronze seal in the form of a standing pig, accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 37 x 61 x 14mm. This has the shape of a standing pig, with no ears marked, but with a short tail and big round eye. Its snout is raised. The seal has a flat, compartmented face, and flat back on which a handle of sheet metal is mounted. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B.C. It has a rare and attractive design, and is in very good condition save that the hind leg is broken off. The metal has been conserved.'
ProvenanceEx Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; collection number R-770, academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.
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