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LOT 0999
Western Asiatic Shell Cylinder Seal with Throne Scenes
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 in. (14.4 grams, 29 mm).
With low-relief carved scene of two addorsed bearded figures on thrones, tree between them, amphora with drinking straws held to the mouth of each figure. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.051.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 352, for type.
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