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LOT 1349

West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Quadruped

CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.

1 3/4 in. (37.8 grams, 46 mm).

Discoid stamp seal with segmented face and central horned animal (ibex?) ;loop handle to the reverse.

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex property of a West London businessman.
Academically researched by the late Professor Lambert in the early 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1349

West Central Asian Bronze Stamp Seal with Quadruped

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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