Large Gable stamp stone seal, Anatolia, 4th.-3rd. millenium BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1467732
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1467732
$250.00
Reduced, was 295.00
Reduced, was 295.00
Attractive and impressive large stamp seal, engraved with two horned animals, likely muflons, Anatolia 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
A large seal in a in a rectangular gable form, deeply engraved with a vivid motif in the black serpentine stone. Fine style for period.
Size: c. 40 mm. wide x 27 mm. tall.
Condition: Near VF, ancient loss to the top right corner.
Comes with the original collection ID-Card from the Oberländer collection!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizations in the Near East / Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Bactrian.
A large seal in a in a rectangular gable form, deeply engraved with a vivid motif in the black serpentine stone. Fine style for period.
Size: c. 40 mm. wide x 27 mm. tall.
Condition: Near VF, ancient loss to the top right corner.
Comes with the original collection ID-Card from the Oberländer collection!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizations in the Near East / Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Bactrian.
