BACTRIAN OR CENTRAL ASIAN TWO SIDED SEAL

Ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BC A Neo-Babylonian cylinder seal, depicting an octopus and floral motifs. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
Size: 32mm x 31mm; Weight: 19g
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 300 - 600