Large hemispheric stone seal, Mesopotamia, Late Uruk, c. 4th. mill. BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1475548
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1475548
$295.00
Reduced, was 365.00
Reduced, was 365.00
A massive black stone stamp seal with high relief, Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Uruk period, 4th. millenium BC.
High relief carving of stylized animal and other symbols.
Size: 31 mm. in diameter and 17 mm. tall, so a high domed seal, really large in hand.
Condition: Near Extremely fine, uncleaned deposits, very attractive.
This seal was aquired 1990 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below 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.
High relief carving of stylized animal and other symbols.
Size: 31 mm. in diameter and 17 mm. tall, so a high domed seal, really large in hand.
Condition: Near Extremely fine, uncleaned deposits, very attractive.
This seal was aquired 1990 and comes with hard impression and original ID-card from below 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.
