INDUS VALLEY SQUARE SEAL WITH BISON Ca. 2300 BC. An Indus Valley white stone stamp seal. This is a square plaque with a suspension loop of one piece on the back. The design on the face shows a standing "bison" with head up and under the head cultic utensils and symbols. A row of scrip symbols appears across the top of the face. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 49.40.1. Size: 23mm x 23mm; Weight: 8g. Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collection, 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. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.