430, Lot: 605. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Carnelian cylinder seal. Near Eastern, Neo-Assyrian Period, circa 9th-8th centuries BC. Engraved in drill-point style, with kneeling hunter, holding whip and sword, facing a winged sphinx standing on hind legs. Pleiades and star above, rosette below.
Height: 26mm. Chipped at top.