Greek Cypriot Stone Cylinder Seal - Eyes / Zoomorphs
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**Originally Listed At $600**
Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Cypriot culture, Common Simplified type, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. A lovely cylinder seal carved from dark gray stone with a centrally drilled suspension hole. The repeating decorative program features an enormous pair of 'eyes' surrounded by radiant lashes, and around the ocular discs are instances of a scorpion, a bull, and a monkey as well as abstract shapes and areas of stippling. Custom putty roll-out included. Size: 0.4" W x 1.1" H (1 cm x 2.8 cm); 2.2" H (5.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private Zaveloff collection, Lakewood, New Jersey, USA, acquired from Venus Gallery, Israel, in 2002
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#157625
Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Cypriot culture, Common Simplified type, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. A lovely cylinder seal carved from dark gray stone with a centrally drilled suspension hole. The repeating decorative program features an enormous pair of 'eyes' surrounded by radiant lashes, and around the ocular discs are instances of a scorpion, a bull, and a monkey as well as abstract shapes and areas of stippling. Custom putty roll-out included. Size: 0.4" W x 1.1" H (1 cm x 2.8 cm); 2.2" H (5.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private Zaveloff collection, Lakewood, New Jersey, USA, acquired from Venus Gallery, Israel, in 2002
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#157625
Condition
Minor softening to and light encrustations within some incised details, otherwise intact and very good. Nice surface smoothness throughout.
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Greek Cypriot Stone Cylinder Seal - Eyes / Zoomorphs
Estimate $1,000 - $1,500
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