CNG 88, Lot: 2186. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Pink travertine stamp seal. Sumerian, circa 3000 BC. Hemispherical form, with design of two animals (dogs?). Pierced for suspension.
Width: 2.5cm. See P.R.S. Moorey, et al.,
Ancient bronze ceramics and seals: the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of ancient Near Eastern, central Asiatic, and European art (Los Angeles, 1981), p. 202, 1041 for similar. Intact.