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LOT 0855
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.
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LOT 0855
Western Asiatic Bronze Bird Seal Matrix with Cross and Pellets
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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