381, Lot: 717. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Steatite stamp seal. Minoan, Late Period, 1600-1170 BC. Amygdaloid seal with face engraved with recumbent deer to left, head turned to right.
Dimensions: 20x16mm. Considerable wear. Pierced. Cf. Agnes Xenaki-Sakellariou, “Les cachets Minoens de la Collection Giamalakis,”
École française d’Athènes (1958), pl. XXIV, 241 for similar.
From the Carl Devries Collection.