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LOT 0905
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Figures
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (2.13 grams, 15 mm).
With frieze of standing figures, fronds, vases, scrolls, birds and other items. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.030.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 567, 573, for type.
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