A SUMERIAN WHITE MARBLE STAMP SEAL IN THE FORM OF A RECLINING BULL

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A SUMERIAN WHITE MARBLE STAMP SEAL IN THE FORM OF A RECLINING BULL
LATE URUK/JEMDET NASR PERIOD, 3300-2900 B.C.
The body in profile, the head frontally facing with curved horns, the base in drill technique showing an animal with high curving tail, pierced for suspension
1½ in. (4 cm.) long

Exhibited

Banque Bruxelles Lambert, February-March 1995.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
E. Gubel (ed.), A l'ombre de Babel: L'art du Proche-Orient Ancien dans les collections belges, Bruxelles, 1995, p. 41, no. 12.

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