Lovely Uruk - Jemdet Nasr Calchedony animal stamp seal, 3rd. mill. BC
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1483708
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1483708
$285.00
An attractive Uruk Zoomorphic stamp seal pendant, c. late 4th.-early 3rd. millenium BC.
The seal carved in a wonderful transperant stone and depicts an animal rearing it's head. The base carved with a Grit pattern and central piercing.
Size: 20 mm. tall and 19 mm. wide. A substantial amulet-seal for the period.
Condition: Good Very fine, tiny chip at one side of the head othervise completely intact with nice patina.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2005. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp and cylinder seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizations in the Near East / Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Bactrian
The seal carved in a wonderful transperant stone and depicts an animal rearing it's head. The base carved with a Grit pattern and central piercing.
Size: 20 mm. tall and 19 mm. wide. A substantial amulet-seal for the period.
Condition: Good Very fine, tiny chip at one side of the head othervise completely intact with nice patina.
Added to the Oberländer collection in 2005. Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection!
Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections. Gustav Oberländer specialized in early stamp and cylinder seals from the pre-historic and Dynastic civilizations in the Near East / Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Bactrian
