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LOT 1023
Western Asiatic Agate Cylinder Seal with Combat Scenes
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (17.9 grams, 29 mm).
With frieze of two fighting scenes between a hero and a lion and a hero and an antelope, frond or tree between. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.075.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, items 547, 695, for type.
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