ID 1248403
Lot 70 | A BACTRIAN COPPER-ALLOY STAMP SEAL
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Provenance
with Paropamiso, Venice, 1985.
Dr Giancarlo Ligabue (1931-2015), Venice, acquired from the above.
Literature
S. Winkelmann, Steals of the Oasis from the Ligabue Collection, Padova 2004, no.I.1-25, pp. 93-94.
G. Ligabue and G. Rossi Osmida, Dea Madre, Milano 2006, p. 235.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Copper |
| Historical era: | Bactrian culture |
| Place of origin: | Middle East, Ancient Near Eastern, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Copper |
| Historical era: | Bactrian culture |
| Place of origin: | Middle East, Ancient Near Eastern, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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