*SIGNED SEAT Black zoomorphic soapstone, the plate engraved with a grid pattern. 20 x 20 x 13 mm. Tel Halaf culture, 5th millennium BC. Provenance Fondation Rassla, Zurich, acquired at Sotheby's, lot 3, 18/5, NY. A Tell Halaf Culture black steatite zoomorphic sigilled seal, engraved with a grid pattern. 5th Millennium B.C. *For buyers from the European Union: This lot is sold under temporary import status. Buyers will only be required to pay an additional handling fee. No import VAT will be charged. Buyers inside European Union: The lot is sold under Temporary Import status. Buyers will only have to pay additional paperworks fees. No import VAT will be charged to them