Lot no. 283
PARTHIAN HEAMATITE CYLINDER SEAL WIHT HUNTER ON HORSE ATTACKING LION. Ca. 5th - 4th century BC or later. A hardstone cylinder seal engraved with a horseman spearing a lion, a floral motif in the exergue. Size: 29mm x 10mm; Weight: 4.7g 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. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
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