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A SUMERIAN PINK STONE CYLINDER SEAL

JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3100-2800 B.C.

Details

A SUMERIAN PINK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
JEMDET NASR PERIOD, CIRCA 3100-2800 B.C.
With two wading birds with outstretched wings, fish between
1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high

Provenance

The Natacha Rambova (1897-1966) collection, USA.
Formerly on loan to the Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis.
The Stansfeld Collection of Ancient Art, Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1988, lot 10.
Private collection, Germany.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds), Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, Band 35, 2003, p. 526, no. 9.

Natacha Rambova, born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy Hudnet in Salt Lake City, Utah, is most famously known as the second wife of Rudolf Valentino, the silent film idol. However she herself was a renowned dancer, set and costume designer, director and silent film actress, as well as a keen amateur Egyptologist, who built up a collection of art which encompassed both the modern and ancient world.

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