Sale 9380
New York
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13 June 2000
Price realised
USD 4,935
Estimate
AN ACHAEMENID CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL circa 6th century b.c. Engraved with the "Tamers of the Goat-fish," the two genii each wearing a plumed tiara and holding the horns of a goat-fish, a slender stand between their horned heads .29/32 in. (2.3 cm) high
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Literature
Amiet, Art of the Ancient Near East, no. 817. Arts de l'ancien Iran, no. 300.
Exhibited
Arts de l'ancien Iran, Museé Borély, Marseilles, 1975.
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