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LOT 1289
Western Asiatic Bronze Seal Matrix
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (7.21 grams, 18 mm).
Bell-shaped in profile with incised floral motif to underside; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
From 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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