Western Asiatic Large Stamp Seal with Animals

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Nov 23, 2018

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Auction Venue: The May Fair Hotel London Stratton Street Mayfair London, W1J 8LT Viewing from noon Thursday 22nd Nov. 2018 Champagne Reception: 6pm - 9pm Friday 23rd Nov. 2018 (Day 1) 10am : Lots 1 - 660 TimeLine Auctions Limited enquiries@timelineauctions.com

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  Later 3rd millennium BC. A bronze stamp seal with guilloche to the rim, loop handle, openwork central figure; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze 77.5 x 76.5 x 21 mm. This is roughly round with scalloped outer edge. The face is flat, and the back also, on which a handle of inverted U-shape is mounted. The design on the face is compartmented, with some holes which may or may not have been intended in the manufacture. The design is given also on the back, where it is in low relief. The two sides are difficult [sic, for different(?)] except that around the central design is a guilloche pattern, the same on both face an back. Within that the relief on the back can be interpreted as showing a walking man: head with clear ear, chin, lips and nose, and at the bottom two feet. Three crescents are clear around him, but other items are difficult to interpret. The compartments on the face seem to show something totally different, but not to be identified for certain. This comes from west central Asia and dates to c. 2300-2000 B. C. It is a very large piece, in very good condition, rare and important.' 99 grams, 78mm (3"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s; collection number R-909; academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the early 1990s.

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  Very fine condition.
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