Western Asiatic Pink Marble Cylinder Seal with Antelopes

CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

3/4 in. (14.4 grams, 19 mm).

With frieze of running quadrupeds in a landscape. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

Literature

Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, items 12, 13, for type.

CONDITION

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