Exceptional large Gable stone seal with horned animal, 3rd. mill. BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1468087
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1468087
$395.00
Reduced, was $475
Reduced, was $475
A very large stamp seal in green-black stone depicting a horned animal, Anatolia 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.
A late Gable seal type with an advanced rendering of the animal, that shows the Pre-Hittite or old hittite style. The large seal plate also leaves for the long tail and a crescent above.
Size: 45 mm. long and 33 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very Fine, with moderate ancient wear to the corners. Very attractive in hand.
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 late Gable seal type with an advanced rendering of the animal, that shows the Pre-Hittite or old hittite style. The large seal plate also leaves for the long tail and a crescent above.
Size: 45 mm. long and 33 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very Fine, with moderate ancient wear to the corners. Very attractive in hand.
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.
