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THBPublished Hittite Steatite Trilobate Stamp Seal w/ Stag
Lot 61e
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Artemis Gallery
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Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Near East, Anatolia, Hittite culture, ca. late 3rd millennium BCE. A beautiful and rare stamp seal carved from matte black steatite of a trilobate form showcasing a majestic stag galloping across the obverse. The ungulate creature steps forward with one foreleg extended above stylized vegetation as it flees from a petite anthropomorphic figure, perhaps depicting a hunter, behind its hind legs. A second hunter is presented above the stag's back and suggests that this may be a scene of a hunting expedition. The three-lobed stamp seal has incised striations surrounding the exterior periphery as well as the prehensile hemispherical button handle protruding from the verso, and a biconical suspension hole is drilled laterally through the handle base. Size: 1.3" W x 1.2" H (3.3 cm x 3 cm); 3.2" H (8.1 cm) on included custom stand.
Published in Eisenberg, J. "Art of the Ancient World." Vol IX (1997), no. 253.
On loan to Ball State University Art Gallery; George Mason University; and Fitchburg Art Museum from 1997 to 2016.
Provenance: private S.V.B. collection, Tecumseh, Michigan, USA, acquired in December 1996; ex-Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, New York, USA; ex-private French collection; on loan to Ball State University Art Gallery; George Mason University; and Fitchburg Art Museum from 1997 to 2016
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#157864Small nicks to handle and peripheries, with minor earthen deposits within some incised details, otherwise intact and excellent. Wonderful preservation to incised details across obverse.Condition
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