**Originally Listed At $600**

Ancient Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana (BMAC), ca. 2nd millennium BCE. Set of 3 very fine, early stone stamp seals. Each carved from dark gray schist and all in geometric designs. The first is a coned round seal with a cross in the center, a double stippled outer rim, and a central suspension hole. Second, is nearly square and features 9 circular areas with border of crosshatching and a short suspension ring on reverse. The final stamp is rectangular with rounded corners carved with repeated chevrons or wings, and drilled horizontally for suspension. Nice early lot with each including clay impression! Size of rectangular: 1.5" L x .75" W (3.8 cm x 1.9 cm)

Provenance: private Middletown, New York, USA collection before 1975; ex-Bonham's Knightsbridge, London, May 16, 2002, part of lot 321; ex-private German collection

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Each showing minor wear from use and 3 thousand years of burial, but otherwise all are intact and quite excellent.