INDUS VALLEY STEATITE SEAL
Ca. 2500-1800 BC. A square-shaped seal in white steatite; Indus valley signs in a formal script slightly slanting left, unicorn standing left facing an altar, with double loop handle. For a similar see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 49.40.1. Cf. Pittman, Holly. 1984. Art of the Bronze Age: Southeastern Iran, Western Central Asia, and the Indus Valley. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 83-84, fig. 38a. Size: L:30mm / W:30mm ; 11g Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s in France; previously in 1970s European collection.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900