Lot no. 890
MESOPOTAMIAN GREEN STONE CYLINDER SEAL DEPICTING A SEATED FIGURES.
Ca. 3100 - 2900 BC
A Mesopotamian green stone cylinder seal. It depicts a seated figure amidst
several quadrupeds, likely gazelles.
Size: 23mm x 18mm; Weight: 14g.
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.
Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
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