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LOT 1118

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105

WESTERN ASIATIC HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL WITH WORSHIP SCENE
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (2.41 grams, 16 mm).

With frieze depicting a figure standing within an arch with arms raised, approached by a helmetted figure with arms bent and a figure in a flounced robe; gryphon beneath a guilloche beneath an ibex; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

PROVENANCE:
Ex S collection, London, UK, 1970-1990s.
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.

CONDITION
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