Western Asiatic Bronze Bird Seal Matrix with Cross and Pellets

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 3/8 in. (23.6 grams, 36 mm wide).

The handle formed as a stylised standing bird, possibly a vulture, with large almond-shaped eyes and curved beak, large striated wings with a loop behind the neck; the rectangular matrix with a cross motif and a pellet to each quadrant.

Provenance

Private collection formed in the 1990s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 0855