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LOT 1373
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (0.70 grams, 16.12 mm).
Frieze depicting two crouching gryphons with a vertical sapling and a bee above; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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