CIRCA 900-600 B.C.

Details

FIVE NEO-ASSYRIAN STONE CYLINDER SEALS
CIRCA 900-600 B.C.
Largest: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) long

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 170 and 223 (part).
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, Berkeley, 1984, pp. 176-179, nos. 258, 259, 261, 264 and 265.

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Lot Essay

Including one of chalcedony engraved with an archer aiming at a griffin, with a fish in the field and a star in the sky, within a line border; one of carnelian with an archer in a chariot aiming at a rearing winged animal, with three fish in the field and a star in the sky; one of carnelian engraved with two winged genii in combat, with a fish, rhomb and a vessel in the field, and a star and crescent in the sky, within a line border; and one of red agate and one of carnelian, both with a winged genius between antelopes or sphinxes.

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