Kassite Granite Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene & Cuneiform
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Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene & Cuneiform, a Kassite red granite seal from ca. 1300–1100 B.C., 2.5 cm long, in excellent condition with minor rim chips, comes with a display stand and a Certificate of Authenticity, acquired in 2020 from the United Kingdom.
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With frieze depicting two Lama goddesses approaching a seated figure, two columns of cuneiform text; comes with a card with collector's handwritten text.
Size: 2.5 cm L - 1 inch
Material: Red granite
Culture: Kassite, c. 1300-1100 B.C.
Condition: Minor chips to rims, otherwise intact
Display stand included
Provenance: Antonovitch Gallery, Paris, 1978. Chesnes Gallery, Lyon, 1982. Private collection, London. Previously with Timeline Auctions, UK.
The seller guarantees that this item has been legally acquired & will be legally exported, related documents seen by Catawiki.
This item do not need an export licence within the EU.
The seller will inform the buyer if it needs a UK export licence outside the EU
Worldwide shipping by Registered Mail.
Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity
N.B. Import duties may be incurred on orders shipped to countries outside the UK.
Notice: We are not able to ship to Greece and Cyprus.
With frieze depicting two Lama goddesses approaching a seated figure, two columns of cuneiform text; comes with a card with collector's handwritten text.
Size: 2.5 cm L - 1 inch
Material: Red granite
Culture: Kassite, c. 1300-1100 B.C.
Condition: Minor chips to rims, otherwise intact
Display stand included
Provenance: Antonovitch Gallery, Paris, 1978. Chesnes Gallery, Lyon, 1982. Private collection, London. Previously with Timeline Auctions, UK.
The seller guarantees that this item has been legally acquired & will be legally exported, related documents seen by Catawiki.
This item do not need an export licence within the EU.
The seller will inform the buyer if it needs a UK export licence outside the EU
Worldwide shipping by Registered Mail.
Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity
N.B. Import duties may be incurred on orders shipped to countries outside the UK.
Notice: We are not able to ship to Greece and Cyprus.
Details
Culture
Kassite
Century/ Timeframe
Kassite, c. 1300 - 1100 B.C.
Name of object
Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene & Cuneiform
Acquired from
Auction house
Year acquired
2020
Material
Granite
Country acquired from
United Kingdom
Condition
Excellent
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Previous owner - year acquired
1990
Previous owner - country acquired from
United Kingdom
I verify that I have obtained this object legally and that I am allowed to sell it
Yes
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