Bidspirit auction | INDUS VALLEY WHITE STONE STAMP


INDUS VALLEY WHITE STONE STAMP SEAL WITH BISON - ORIGINAL LAMBERT REPORT - Ca. 3000 BC. A white stone stamp seal, nearly square in form, with a pierced handle on the reverse. The face shows a standing “bison” with its head raised, with cultic utensils or symbols beneath the head and a row of script symbols along the top. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1984.482. Size: 26mm x 26mm; Weight: 13g Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; formerly in a central London family collection, 1990s; examined by Wilfrid George Lambert in the late 1980s–early 1990s; ex UK art market, 1970s–early 1980s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.