COLLECTION OF CENTRAL ASIA BRONZE SEALS WITH ABSTRACT DESIGNS - WITH ORIGINAL REPORT BY PROF. LAMBER. Ca. 2100 - 1700 BC, 500 BC - AD 200. A collection of three bronze stamp seals, including, from left to right: a stamp seal with a round, flat face, the back rises and curves inwards to a neck, above which is a substantial knob, the design consists of three parallel lines and to each side a dot in a circle; a stamp seal with a round, flat face and flat back, on which is mounted a short stalk handle with a large oval, pierced top, the design on the face is linear: a horizontal line divides the area into two parts, below are four curving strokes, the two on the right bending outwards, similarly the two on the left, above are two crescents, one within the other, and a single stroke from one side; and a stamp seal with a round, flat face within a low rim, the design, executed in raised lines, shows a trident above two opposed curved strokes, flanked on either side by a crescent, the back rises to a short stalk handle pierced laterally. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1978.261.2, 1978.261.1, 1983.535.151, 1983.535.52. Size: 24-25mm x 19-26mm; Weight: 105g 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.