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CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A GROUP OF LATE PREHISTORIC TO EARLY DYNASTIC SEALS
circa 6th-4th millennium b.c.
Including nine of black steatite (a gable with an animal, a tabloid with an animal on each side, a stud with two human figures, a hemispheroid with a stag, a ridge-handled tabloid with an ibex, a hemispheroid with angled lines, a conoid with an angled filled cross, a tabloid with a snake on one side, triangles on the other, a large hemispheroid with a snake encircling animals); a brown stone ridge-handled disk with crossed lines; a black stone conoid with an animal; a large white-streaked black marble hemispheroid with a human figure and four animals; a pink-veined white stone hemispheroid with serpentine drillings; a red stone hemispheroid with a stag and crescentic designs; a black and white hemispheroid with four animals; a brown stone hemispheroid with two animals; a pale green hemispheroid with two animals; a brown stone cylinder with drilled design; a white stone reclining animal with two animals; and a fine pink stone lion's head with a mouflon on the base
2.3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) wide for the largest (20)
circa 6th-4th millennium b.c.
Including nine of black steatite (a gable with an animal, a tabloid with an animal on each side, a stud with two human figures, a hemispheroid with a stag, a ridge-handled tabloid with an ibex, a hemispheroid with angled lines, a conoid with an angled filled cross, a tabloid with a snake on one side, triangles on the other, a large hemispheroid with a snake encircling animals); a brown stone ridge-handled disk with crossed lines; a black stone conoid with an animal; a large white-streaked black marble hemispheroid with a human figure and four animals; a pink-veined white stone hemispheroid with serpentine drillings; a red stone hemispheroid with a stag and crescentic designs; a black and white hemispheroid with four animals; a brown stone hemispheroid with two animals; a pale green hemispheroid with two animals; a brown stone cylinder with drilled design; a white stone reclining animal with two animals; and a fine pink stone lion's head with a mouflon on the base
2.3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) wide for the largest (20)
Provenance
Erlenmeyer Collection for the lion's head
The Erlenmeyer Collection of Ancient Near Eastern Stamp Seals and Amulets, Christie's London, 6 June 1989, lot 265
H.R.S. Cooke Collection for the large hemispheroid
A Collection of Egyptian Seals, Scarabs and Signet Rings, Sotheby's London, 21 April 1975, lot 208
Fine Antiquities, Christie's London, 2 Dec 1991 for several others
The Erlenmeyer Collection of Ancient Near Eastern Stamp Seals and Amulets, Christie's London, 6 June 1989, lot 265
H.R.S. Cooke Collection for the large hemispheroid
A Collection of Egyptian Seals, Scarabs and Signet Rings, Sotheby's London, 21 April 1975, lot 208
Fine Antiquities, Christie's London, 2 Dec 1991 for several others