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LOT 1051
Western Asiatic Red Breccia Cylinder Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (7.92 grams, 27 mm).
With drilled frieze of antelopes grazing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.048.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 245, for type.
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Opening Bid: £200
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Western Asiatic Bronze Leaping Horned and Winged Lion
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Opening Bid: £150
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Fair condition, one wing chipped.
London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.
