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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
AN OLD BABYLONIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1900-1700 B.C.
细节
AN OLD BABYLONIAN HAEMATITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 1900-1700 B.C.
With a kneeling frontal-faced hero holding an inverted lion aloft, a frontal-faced bull-man to the left supporting the lion's hind-leg in one hand, holding a serpent in the other; to the right a rearing mushhushshu dragon grappling with a kneeling hero, his head turned back, the dragon biting the top of his head; crossed frontal-faced bull-men to the right; a pair of frontal-faced human-headed bulls below, and a cow with her head turned back and lowered towards her calf; a humbaba head in the field
1 in. (2.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1900-1700 B.C.
With a kneeling frontal-faced hero holding an inverted lion aloft, a frontal-faced bull-man to the left supporting the lion's hind-leg in one hand, holding a serpent in the other; to the right a rearing mushhushshu dragon grappling with a kneeling hero, his head turned back, the dragon biting the top of his head; crossed frontal-faced bull-men to the right; a pair of frontal-faced human-headed bulls below, and a cow with her head turned back and lowered towards her calf; a humbaba head in the field
1 in. (2.5 cm.) high
来源
with Rabi Soleymani, Tehran.
Acquired by the current owner’s father, Venice, 1975; thence by descent.
Acquired by the current owner’s father, Venice, 1975; thence by descent.