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LOT 1102
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Quarupeds
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (17.9 grams, 23 mm).
With drilled frieze of a running antelope amid pellets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector; collection no.09.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 186, for type.
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Western Asiatic Flat Axehead-Shaped Razor
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
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Acquired in the 1970s. Ex European private collection.
