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LOT 1185
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (12.6 grams, 25 mm).
With ribbed columnar shank and pierced lug above, underside with regardant beast; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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