Lot 0875

BACTRIAN STONE STAMP SEAL DEPICTING THE TREE OF LIFE

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BACTRIAN STONE STAMP SEAL DEPICTING THE TREE OF LIFE

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Description

Ca. 2000 - 1700 BC .
A Bactrian stone stamp seal decorated with the tree of life. For similar see: Unpublished Stamp-seals from North-western Murgab Delta. Fig. 7.8 n.4.
Size: 33mm x 33mm; Weight: 17g
Provenance: From a private collection of a London doctor, previously acquired from an established London collection, C.M.; formerly in Sultani family collection, Mayfair, London, early 1990s; acquired between 1960s-1990s. Studied by Prof. Lambert in the 1990s.