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LOT 1560
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Contest Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (2.45 grams, 21.8 mm).
Frieze depicting a standing figure with knife in one hand and the other gripping the foreleg of a rearing ibex; 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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