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 example, see The Metropolitan Museum, accession number: 49.40.1.
Size: 22mm x 22mm; Weight: 5g
Provenance: Private London collection; Ex. old British collection formed in the 1990s; previously in a Belgian collection since the 1960s.
Estimate: GBP 600 - 900