PROPERTY FROM THE SCHWITTER-LAGUTT COLLECTION, BASEL (lots 141-155)Fridolin Schwitter-Lagutt was the founder of Schwitter AG (Clichéanstalt) in Basel, a printer specialised in fine art books, posters and scientific illustrations, which he grew to international success. He shared a deep passion for art with his wife Halina, and together they started collecting in a wide variety of fields, such as Antiquities, Asian and Pre-Columbian art. Through their work they became close friends with a number of prominent Swiss, Austrian and German artists of the time including Oskar Kokoschka, Walter Kurt Wiemken and painter and archaeologist Fritz Pümpin.

TWENTY-TWO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AND NEAR EASTERN SEALS AND CYLINDER SEALS

CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. - 7TH CENTURY A.D.

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TWENTY-TWO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AND NEAR EASTERN SEALS AND CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. - 7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) wide max.

Provenance

Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Including four hardstone Jemdet Nasr animal stamp seals, circa 3300-2900 B.C.; three Near Eastern chlorite and bronze stamp seals, circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.; eleven Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Neo-Babylonian hardstone cylinder and stamp seals, including an Old Babylonian amethyst cylinder seal with three line cuneiform inscription, reading: 'Abnu-Sin son of Nuruum, servant of Ammuru', circa 1800 B.C.; three hardstone Sasanian stamp seals, 5th-7th Century A.D.; a Late Period Egyptian steatite scarab seal; and a Sasanian style stamp seal

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