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LOT 1379

Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal with Two-Headed Serpent

LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 in. (18.5 grams, 27 mm).

Discoid in plan with loop handle, raised rim enclosing high-relief design of opposed heads of a two-headed serpent flanked by two smaller addorsed serpents. [No Reserve]

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1379

Western Asiatic Bronze Stamp Seal with Two-Headed Serpent

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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