Western Asiatic Stone Animal Seal

CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 in. (308 grams total, 10.2 cm wide including stand).

Triangular in profile with suspension hole at the apex, underside with ropework border interrupted by a recumbent stag with large antlers facing a palm tree.

Provenance

From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. similar in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum under accession no.75.55.11.

CONDITION

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