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LOT 0238

Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Figures

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 in. (7.16 grams, 24 mm).

With frieze depicting opposed standing figures with spears and khopesh, gryphon, ankh and other items; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Acquired in 1997.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0238

Western Asiatic Steatite Cylinder Seal with Figures

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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