BACTRIAN BRONZE OPEN WORK STAMP SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT

Ca. 2300 - 2000 BC A Bactrian bronze seal stamp featuring a round shape and a decorative geometric motif. At it’s centre is a square, connected to an outer band. The design is created with the open-work technique, with a flat face and back. An outer band of grooved metal encircles the openwork at the centre, demarcated into quarters by short struts. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 1978.261.1.
Size: 53mm x 52mm; Weight: 36g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly with a Mayfair Art dealer S.A.; Ex. 1990s London collections, studied and catalogued by professor Lambert in the early 1990s (with original note, signed by him). Previously in an old British collection formed since the 1960s.

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Estimate: GBP 75 - 150