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LOT 1280
Western Asiatic Faience and Stone Cylinder Seal Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 in. (11.94 grams total, 20-27 mm).
Comprising: a cylinder seal showing an advancing Lamassu facing a robed figure with a drawn bow; a cylinder seal with winged beasts; a cylinder seal showing a winged beast facing back and Lamassu; a fragment of a stone cylinder seal showing a standing figure; supplied with museum-quality impressions. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. a similar cylinder in Niederreiter, Z., Catalogue of the cylinder seals in the Royal Museums of Art and History, I, Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods (circa 1000-500 B.C.), Budapest, 2020, no.5.
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