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LOT 1279
Western Asiatic White Stone Cylinder Seal with Figures
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (4.56 grams, 21 mm).
Frieze comprising a tall standing figure facing, flanked by five similar figures, all joined by horizontal bars at shoulders and hips, doubled borders; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. a similar seal in Wilson, J.A., Allen, T.G., Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals, with a description of the collection of Mrs William H.Moore, Chicago, 1940, fig.195 (procession).
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