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554 - COLLECTION OF MESOPOTAMIAN STONE STAMP SEALS - ORIGINAL LAMB…

Estimate £750 - £1,500

Description

COLLECTION OF MESOPOTAMIAN STONE STAMP SEALS - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT. Ca. 3500 - 3000 BC. A collection of seven stamp seals, including, from top left: a fawn stone stamp seal, a semi-ovoid pierced lengthways, with a central hole and around it a band of curving lines; a white stone stamp seal, a semi-ovoid pierced lengthways, with two matching drilled motifs; a translucent yellow stone stamp seal, a semi-ovoid pierced lengthways, with two drilled motifs; a dark stone stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced vertically, with a linear horned animal; a translucent stone stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced horizontally, with two small springing animals tete-beche; a black stone stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced horizontally, with four groups of drill holes; and a grey stone stamp seal, a semi-ovoid pierced lengthways, with a pattern of drill holes. Size: 17-43mm x 17-34mm; Weight: 65g Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; formerly in a central London family collection, 1990s; examined by Wilfrid George Lambert in the late 1980s–early 1990s; ex UK art market, 1970s–early 1980s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

About the sale FINE ANCIENT JEWELLERY AND BEADS - THE PRINCE COLLECTION

Auction location

Auction time 06/20/2026 at 2:00 PM

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