Large high relief Mesopotamian stone seal, Uruk, late 4th. mill. BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1468090
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1468090
$225.00
A fine large oval stamp seal in green black stone, Uruk period, later 4th. mill. BC.
The seal is carved with a wonderful image of 6 centopedes in high relief, drilled horisontically.
Size: 37 mm. long.
Condition: Very Fine, with loss to small part of the but leaving the design almost intact.
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.
The seal is carved with a wonderful image of 6 centopedes in high relief, drilled horisontically.
Size: 37 mm. long.
Condition: Very Fine, with loss to small part of the but leaving the design almost intact.
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.
