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LOT 0895
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Hunting Scene
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (9.81 grams, 36 mm).
With a frieze depicting a robed bowman taking aim at a stag, bushes and solar disc in the field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector, collection no.052.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 148, for type.
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