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Western Asiatic Cylinder Seal

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3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved pink limestone cylinder seal with two flat rims pierced through the centre receiving a copper-alloy suspension bar and loop; featuring a stylised tree(?) flanked by standing male figures and rearing animals in a combat scene, a simple line border at the top and bottom of the cylinder; in the sky: crescents and a star(?); accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 6 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). From an important Mayfair collection, 1970-1999; thence by descent. 115
Condition Report: Fine condition.


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3rd-2nd millennium BC. A carved pink limestone cylinder seal with two flat rims pierced through the centre receiving a copper-alloy suspension bar and loop; featuring a stylised tree(?) flanked by standing male figures and rearing animals in a combat scene, a simple line border at the top and bottom of the cylinder; in the sky: crescents and a star(?); accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 6 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). From an important Mayfair collection, 1970-1999; thence by descent. 115
Condition Report: Fine condition.

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