NEAR EASTERN ASSYRIAN GOLD SEAL CAPS WITH LATER CYLINDER SEAL 2nd millennium BC A pair of gold cylinder seal caps, one with loop for suspension, decorated with granulated and floral detail; enclosing an imitation Achaemenid Persian cylinder seal in carnelian with significant white inclusions, depicting a male figure under a winged disc, fighting a lion, a palm tree at his back. 6.52 grams, 35 mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance From an important Mayfair, London, collection; acquired in the 1990s. Footnotes The seal an interesting pastiche designed for an early collector around 1800 AD.
NEAR EASTERN ASSYRIAN GOLD SEAL CAPS WITH LATER CYLINDER SEAL 2nd millennium BC A pair of gold cylinder seal caps, one with loop for suspension, decorated with granulated and floral detail; enclosing an imitation Achaemenid Persian cylinder seal in carnelian with significant white inclusions, depicting a male figure under a winged disc, fighting a lion, a palm tree at his back. 6.52 grams, 35 mm (1 1/2"). Very fine condition. Provenance From an important Mayfair, London, collection; acquired in the 1990s. Footnotes The seal an interesting pastiche designed for an early collector around 1800 AD.
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