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
Price realized | 650 GBP |
Starting price | 200 GBP |
Estimate | 300 GBP |