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LOT 0182
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Cylinder Seal with Figural Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 in. (16.8 grams, 43 mm).
A rock crystal cylinder seal with incuse design divided horizontally by a line of crescents; an advancing figure with smaller figures at his feet, a large tree, animals and other objects in the field.
Provenance
From an important family collection.
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.
Literature
Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum, London, under reference 1978,0415.2.
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LOT 0182
Western Asiatic Rock Crystal Cylinder Seal with Figural Scene
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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