BACTRIAN BLACK STONE STAMP SEAL
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Ca. 2nd millennium BC.
A beautiful black double-faced seal with one side carefully sculptured, depicted four fish. The other side shows floral element, while the edges also contain images of what appears to be a serpent and a solar disc. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Size: L:28.9mm / W:32.5mm ; 23.05g
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.
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BACTRIAN BLACK STONE STAMP SEAL
Estimate £450 - £900
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