A NEO-ASSYRIAN BLACK SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. VALLO BENJAMIN
A NEO-ASSYRIAN BLACK SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA 800-700 B.C.

細節
A NEO-ASSYRIAN BLACK SERPENTINE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 800-700 B.C.
1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) long
來源
Marcopoli Collection, assembled in Aleppo, Syria, late 19th century.
McLendon Collection, Dallas, acquired circa 1978.
The McLendon Collection of Cylinder and Stamp Seals; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 14 June 1993, lot 123.
Dr. Vallo Benjamin (1934-2021), New York, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner.
出版
B. Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in The Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, pp. 170-171, no. 234.
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Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

拍品專文

This cylinder seal is engraved with a charioteer running down his victim, who lies face down under the horse with his mace below him. There is a rhomb in the field; a star, a crescent and a winged sun disc in the sky and a palm as the terminal.

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