Sale 9828
New York
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11 June 2001
Price realised
USD 3,525
Estimate
AN ACHAEMENID VEINED CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL Circa 5th-Early 4th Century B.C. With two identical scenes of a Persian hero holding the horns of two rampant goats, the hero facing right, wearing tunic and trousers, between the groups a four-letter inscription in the Aramaic alphabet give the name of the owner "W-h-t-r" 22. x 13 mm
Provenance
Said to be from near Babylon Acquired in 1940 and passed by descent to a Lady of Title Important Antiquities, Christie's London, 21 April 1999, lot 1
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