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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.

CONDITION

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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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