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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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