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LOT 1081
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix with Altar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (19.4 grams, 22 mm).
With collared looped handle, the upper face and handle with punched annulets; intaglio motif of an altar(?) between hatched borders.
Provenance
From an important collection formed before 1988, London and Geneva.
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