Very rare pre-historic stone stamp seal, c. 4th. millenium BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1468196
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1468196
$295.00
A very unusual and attractive, larger stamp seal, round and conical, the back with a large high relief cross, North Mesopotamia or Syria, c. 4th. millenium BC.
Carved in a black stone and the face of the seal, engraved with crossed line design.
Size: 27 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Good Very fine for the elaborate type, fine wear and patina, basically 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.
Carved in a black stone and the face of the seal, engraved with crossed line design.
Size: 27 mm. in diameter.
Condition: Good Very fine for the elaborate type, fine wear and patina, basically 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.
