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LOT 0241
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (2.11 grams, 17.83 mm).
With frieze depicting a figure in ankle-length robe drawing a bow towards fleeing winged animals, serpents below; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
From an important London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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LOT 0241
Western Asiatic Lapis Lazuli Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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