CENTRAL ASIAN BROWNISH STONE WITH HORSE AND FIGURES

Ca. 2nd-1st Millennium BC A brownish stone cylinder seal from Central Asia with the ancient bronze loop still attached. On the side the seal depicts what appears to be a horse coming towards an enthroned figure. A tree and other icons are shown in the exergue. On the base the seal depicts an animal head. Size: 42mm x 18mm; Weight: 22g. 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.