Sale 9828
New York
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11 June 2001
Price realised
USD 8,225
Estimate
A GRAECO-PERSIAN BANDED AGATE CYLINDER SEAL Circa 5th-Early 4th Century B.C. Barrel-shaped, with a Persian horseman riding to the right, spearing a charging bear, its fore-legs raised, the horse with dressed tail and a fringed saddle-cloth, the horseman wearing a soft Persian tiara, tunic and trousers, holding the reigns in one hand, the spear held high in the other 29 x 11.5 mm
Provenance
Said to be from near Kirkuk Acquired in 1940 and passed by descent to a Lady of Title Important Antiquities, Christie's London, 21 April 1999, lot 2
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