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LOT 1097
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Fighting Quadrupeds
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 in. (5.53 grams, 23 mm).
With design in two registers separated by a bilinear frame; upper: antelopes fighting an leaf motif; lower: procession of figures and a scorpion. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.078.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 558, for type.
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LOT 1097
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Fighting Quadrupeds
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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