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Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion
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LOT 0287

Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion

SUSA II, CIRCA 3000 B.C.

1 1/8 in. (11.5 grams, 29 mm wide).

Discoid with transverse piercing; one side with incuse profile image of a winged quadruped; the other side with a bird in flight flanked by a fish and serpent; supplied with a museum-quality impression of each face.

Provenance

Ex S Collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.

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LOT 0287

Western Asiatic Alabaster Bifacial Stamp Seal with Vulture, Snake and Winged Lion

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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