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

Estimate £450 - £900

Description

COLLECTION OF MESOPOTAMIAN STONE STAMP SEALS - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT. Ca. 3000 - 2000 BC. A collection of stamp seals, including, from left: a stamp seal or item of decoration, a hemispheroid with a design of a Greek cross, beneath each arm of which is a hole for a cord or wire to be threaded, with traces of glaze; a fawn stone stamp seal with white veins, a semi-ovoid pierced lengthways, with a pattern of dots; a cream stone stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced horizontally, with two recumbent horned animals tete-beche; a white stone stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced horizontally, with two horned animals variously disposed; a cream stone with red inclusions stamp seal, a hemispheroid pierced horizontally, with two fat and long animals tete-beche; and a white and colourless banded stone stamp seal, a gable pierced through the ridge, with two scorpions tete-beche. Size: 19-35mm x 15-34mm; Weight: 90g 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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