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'.

CONDITION

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LOT 1296