Apollo Art Auctions

March 2023 Auction  –  12 March 2023

Apollo Art Auctions , March 2023 Auction

Ancient Art, Antiquities and Coins

Su, 12.03.2023, from 1:00 PM CET
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Description

INDUS VALLEY STEATITE SEAL
Ca. 2500-1800 BC.
A square-shaped steatite seal with the engraved obverse depicting a left-facing unicorn, with his head over an altar. Along the upper edge runs a line of a script. The reverse with a perforated handle. For a similar see The Metropolitan Museum, Accession Number: 49.40.1.
Size: L:28mm / W:28mm ; 9.93g
Provenance: Property of a London Art gallery, acquired on the UK market; formerly in an old British collection formed in the 1990s; previously ina Belgian collection since the 1960s.
Estimate: GBP 300 - 600

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Price realized 650 GBP
Starting price 200 GBP
Estimate 300 GBP
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