1720-1270 BC. A pair of cylinder seals comprising: a Mitannian limestone cylinder seal with animals; two quadrupeds facing each other, to the left a goat, a sitting winged stag to the right, above both another caprid, turning the head backwards to the left, sitting on the horns of the goat a bird, between the figures some floral elements, horror vacui; an Old Syrian black jasper cylinder seal with birds, fifteen ostrich chicks with a typically short tail and head turned backwards to the right, arranged in three vertical rows of five each, facing a vertical row of five birds, possibly pigeons, between the two species of birds a vertical row of five pellets, horror vacui. Cf. H. Keel-Leu; B. Teissier, Die vorderasiatischen Rollsiegel der Sammlung ??Bibel+Orient?? der Universität Freiburg Schweiz, No. 313, p.280 and 458. 12.27 grams total, 25-28mm (1"). Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s. Accompanied by a museum-quality impression. [2, No Reserve]

Fine condition.