Sale 9380
New York
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13 June 2000
Price realised
USD 4,700
Estimate
A GRAECO-PERSIAN BANDED AGATE CYLINDER SEAL circa early 5th century b.c. The slightly convex seal engraved with a humped bull walking to the left, the head turned frontal, on a thin groundline 12 in. (2.9 cm) high
Provenance
Hans Silvius von Aulock Dr. Elie Borowski
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Literature
Arts de l'ancien Iran, no. 303. von Aulock, no. 333.
Exhibited
Arts de l'ancien Iran, Museé Borély, Marseilles, 1975.
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