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LOT 0960
Western Asiatic Schist Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (11.9 grams, 27 mm).
With frieze depicting a seated figure in fringed robe facing a recumbent bull beside an altar, frond and star in the field. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.062.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 356, for type.
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LOT 0960
Western Asiatic Schist Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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