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Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene
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LOT 0290

Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

3/4 in. (5.38 grams, 20.66 mm).

With finely executed intaglio scene depicting a standing figure wielding an axe and holding a rearing lion beneath a solar disc; supplied with a museum quality impression.

Provenance

From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12714-234416.
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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LOT 0290

Western Asiatic Green Jasper Scaraboid with Combat Scene

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

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