Sale 9380
New York
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13 June 2000
Price realised
USD 7,638
Estimate
A SYRIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL circa 18th-17th century b.c. Engraved with a robed figure facing a winged deity, with two horizontal nude figures oriented head to toe, and two horizontal draped worshippers oriented head to head as the terminal 16 in. (2.7 cm) high
Provenance
Hans Silvius von Aulock Dr. Elie Borowski
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von Aulock, nos. 289.
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