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725 - COLLECTION OF MESOPOTAMIAN AND ANATOLIAN STONE STAMP SEALS -…

Estimate £450 - £900

Description

COLLECTION OF MESOPOTAMIAN AND ANATOLIAN STONE STAMP SEALS - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT. Ca. 4000 - 3000 BC. A collection of five stone stamp seals, including, from left: a dark stone stamp seal, oblong with rounded corners, with a flat face and a back ridged over a hole, the design of linear devices; a brown stone stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced horizontally, the design of two recumbent horned animals with head up, tete-beche, drilled; a black green stone stamp seal with an oblong convex face and a back with central pierced ridge, the design linear with two stars and other devices; a translucent, veined, fawn stone stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced horizontally, the design of two copulating humans and fillers; and an off-white stone stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced sideways, the design of two small springing animals one above the other, in drilled style. Size: 21-37mm x 21-36mm; Weight: 80g 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.

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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