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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
A MITANNIAN ROCK CRYSTAL CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1450-1300 B.C.
Details
A MITANNIAN ROCK CRYSTAL CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1450-1300 B.C.
With a pair of confronting seated winged sphinxes and a pair of recumbent goats, their heads turned back, two lions attacking a bull above, a disc within a square in the field
11/16 in. (1.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1450-1300 B.C.
With a pair of confronting seated winged sphinxes and a pair of recumbent goats, their heads turned back, two lions attacking a bull above, a disc within a square in the field
11/16 in. (1.7 cm.) high
Provenance
with Rabi Soleymani, Tehran.
Acquired by the current owner’s father, Venice, 1975; thence by descent.
Acquired by the current owner’s father, Venice, 1975; thence by descent.
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