GRAECO-PERSIAN / MACEDONIAN BLACK STONE CYLINDER SEAL
Ca. 5th-2nd century BC.
A black stone cylinder seal, from the Graeco-Persian or Macedonian period with a single-register engraving depicting a battle scene of Greek soldiers in combat. Good condition. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Size: L:37.8mm / W:20.9mm ; 26.78g
Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.
Estimate: GBP 500 - 1000