A Northern Mesopotamian Hematite Cylinder Seal

Old Babylonian Period, Circa 19th–16th Century B.C.

Height 1 inch (2.5 cm).

Property from the Collection of Anne Gurewich Gordon, Bethesda, Maryland

Provenance:

Probably Dikran Kelekian Gallery, New York.

Acquired by Vladimir Gurewich, late 1940s or early 1950s; thence by descent.

(with signed statement from owner)

Note:

This presentation scene depicts a seated figure wearing a long gown. He is approached by a standing worshipper with an offering in his left hand. Behind the seated figure are two female attendants followed by a terminal with two confronted sphinxes, a horizontal guilloche, and five supplicants.

To request further details about this lot, please email conditionreports@freemansauction.com

Please contact the Auction Specialist for details.

Jacob Coley

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Antiquities and Ancient Art

jacobcoley@freemansauction.com 312 280 1212

Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

We are open for pick-up Monday-Friday: 9am-4:30pm.

For questions about shipping or packing, please contact shipping@hindmanauctions.com or see our Shipping/Packing page.

A Northern Mesopotamian Hematite Cylinder Seal

Old Babylonian Period, Circa 19th–16th Century B.C.

Height 1 inch (2.5 cm).

Property from the Collection of Anne Gurewich Gordon, Bethesda, Maryland

Provenance:

Probably Dikran Kelekian Gallery, New York.

Acquired by Vladimir Gurewich, late 1940s or early 1950s; thence by descent.

(with signed statement from owner)

Note:

Antiquities & Ethnographic Art

A Northern Mesopotamian Hematite Cylinder Seal

Lot Description

Condition Report

Preview

Auction Contact

Shipping | Pickup

A Northern Mesopotamian Hematite Cylinder Seal