Massive Early Mesopotamian stone cylinder seal, 4th. mill. BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1473785
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1473785
$350.00
A very early stone cylinder of the group of massive Uruk seals, Uruk-Jemdet Nasr, probably late 4th. mill. BC. in Mesopotamia.
A very thick seal engraved in a fine black stone with symethric eye symbols in the drill style.
Size: 22 mm. thick and 27 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, with even Wear and fine patina with deposits.
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 very thick seal engraved in a fine black stone with symethric eye symbols in the drill style.
Size: 22 mm. thick and 27 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine, with even Wear and fine patina with deposits.
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.
