ELAMITE BITUMEN CYLINDER SEAL - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT

Ca. 1100 - 900 BC A Elamite Bitumen cylinder seal. The design shows a sacred tree, with a rearing bovine on each side. The tree has a straight trunk, two cotyledons and five branches forming the crown. The fillers in the seal are two crouching monkeys and a rhomb. Accompanied by a signed scholarly note by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert.
Size: 30mm x 12.5mm; Weight: 6g
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 90s (with original note, signed by him). Previously in an old British collection formed since the 1960s.

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Estimate: GBP 300 - 600