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LOT 0888
Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Attack Scene
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (8.7 grams, 26 mm).
With incised frieze depicting two leaping lions attacking antelopes. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.013.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 715, for type.
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