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LOT 1114
Western Asiatic Lead Epigraphic Seal
12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (11.6 grams, 23 mm).
Tabular with transverse piercing, three lines of Kufic text to obverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Bactrian Bronze Stamp Seal of a Bird
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