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LOT 1296
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Processional Scene
SUMERIA OR SYRIA, CIRCA 1800 B.C.
1 in. (12.3 grams, 25 mm).
Columnar in profile and pierced laterally, incuse scene of two standing figures facing each other with a smaller figure, bird (?) and sun with crescent moon between them; a second pair of figures facing each other, one of them worn. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Constable collection, 1990s.
Ex P. Morris collection.
Accompanied by four old photographs, one dated 'Bromley 1995'.
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LOT 1296
Western Asiatic Haematite Cylinder Seal with Processional Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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