Western Asiatic Cream Stone Cylinder Seal Figural Scene

CIRCA 1400-1300 B.C.

1 in. (5.82 grams, 27 mm).

With a frieze depicting a standing figure in a knee-length kilt, one arm extended towards a seated figure with a bent arm and perching bird; supplied with an old collector's record card and a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Accompanied by a previous handwritten catalogue note card.

Literature

See Van Der Osten, H.H., ‘The Ancient Seals from the Near East in the Metropolitan Museum: Old and Middle Persian Seals’ in The Art Bulletin, vol.13, no.2, New Year, June, 1931, p.223, lett.D, for a seal in a similar figural style.

CONDITION

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