FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEALS AND A LIMESTONE STAMP SEAL
FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEALS AND A LIMESTONE STAMP SEAL
FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEALS AND A LIMESTONE STAMP SEAL
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FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEALS AND A LIMESTONE STAMP SEAL

CIRCA 1000-500 B.C.

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FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEALS AND A LIMESTONE STAMP SEAL
CIRCA 1000-500 B.C.
Stamp Seal: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
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, lots 273 and 330.
Dr. Vallo Benjamin (1934-2021), New York, acquired from the above; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
B. Teissier, Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in The Marcopoli Collection, 1984, pp. 180-181, nos. 274, 275, 276, 277 and 278.
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Lot Essay

Including one engraved with two winged monsters chasing an ostrich, within a zigzag border, with parallel lines above; one with a row of walking winged animals, with a rhomb and angular signs in the field, a crescent, star and bird in the sky, within a line border; one with a running griffin and a winged bull; one with two winged monsters, a square in the sky; and one with running winged monsters; the stamp seal oval in form, with a roaring lion facing left, a small animal below, an ibex head in the field, a crescent and stars in the sky, enclosed within a line border, the smaller oval on the reverse with a bird, a crescent and start above.

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