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LOT 0900
Western Asiatic Glazed Composition Cylinder Seal with Quadrupeds
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (1.78 grams, 22 mm).
With frieze of antelopes and a tree. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.021.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 617, for type.
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LOT 0900
Western Asiatic Glazed Composition Cylinder Seal with Quadrupeds
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