A LIMESTONE SEAL IN THE FORM OF A HORSE'S HEAD, with long neck and incised ankh (life) sign on the base

细节
A LIMESTONE SEAL IN THE FORM OF A HORSE'S HEAD, with long neck and incised ankh (life) sign on the base
6th Century B.C.
2½in. (6.3cm.) high

拍品专文

The horse head appears stylistically to belong more to the Mediterranean world and might have belonged to one of the many foreign settlers or mercenaries in Egypt during this period