Interesting very large glazed steatite scarab stamp seal
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1484520
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Near Eastern: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1484520
$175.00
Interesting Egyptian inspired scaraboid stamp seal, with torquise glaze, Western Mesopotamia 3rd.-2nd. mill. BC.
Finely designed oval svcaraboid with leaf-shaped engraving in the base, probably as early as the 3rd. mill. BC.
Size: 27 mm. long and 18 wide, 11 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine.
Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
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.
Finely designed oval svcaraboid with leaf-shaped engraving in the base, probably as early as the 3rd. mill. BC.
Size: 27 mm. long and 18 wide, 11 mm. tall.
Condition: Nice Very fine.
Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!
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.
