拍品專文
Not illustrated
CIRCA 3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
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FOURTEEN NEAR EASTERN CYLINDER SEALS
circa 3rd-1st millennium b.c.
Including seven Levantine seals, six of dark steatite, one engraved with a standing figure with a staff before a stag, a standing bird behind; one with a hunting scene; one with two standing figures and a goat before a seated figure; one with three registers, the top with a row of frogs, the central register with a dog, an ibex, and a goat, the bottom with fish; one with a worshipper before a seated figure; one with two worshippers on either side of a seated figure; and one of marble engraved with a standing figure with a goat beside him and two goats above; together with two Syro-Canaanite serpentine seals, one with an inverted standing figure before a seated figure; and one with two bald standing figures, the terminal with a column of birds and a guilloche; a Syro-Palestinian steatite seal with two standing figures and two stylized ibexes with elongated horns; a Syrian chalcedony seal with a standing figure between two herons; and three Near Eastern seals, unidentified, one possibly Levantine, of steatite, with a hunter wielding a dagger before a goat; and two chalcedony seals, one unfinished; and one with a single figure engraved on one side
16 in. (3.7 cm) high for the largest (14)
circa 3rd-1st millennium b.c.
Including seven Levantine seals, six of dark steatite, one engraved with a standing figure with a staff before a stag, a standing bird behind; one with a hunting scene; one with two standing figures and a goat before a seated figure; one with three registers, the top with a row of frogs, the central register with a dog, an ibex, and a goat, the bottom with fish; one with a worshipper before a seated figure; one with two worshippers on either side of a seated figure; and one of marble engraved with a standing figure with a goat beside him and two goats above; together with two Syro-Canaanite serpentine seals, one with an inverted standing figure before a seated figure; and one with two bald standing figures, the terminal with a column of birds and a guilloche; a Syro-Palestinian steatite seal with two standing figures and two stylized ibexes with elongated horns; a Syrian chalcedony seal with a standing figure between two herons; and three Near Eastern seals, unidentified, one possibly Levantine, of steatite, with a hunter wielding a dagger before a goat; and two chalcedony seals, one unfinished; and one with a single figure engraved on one side
16 in. (3.7 cm) high for the largest (14)
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