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Cylinder Seal: "Temple and Herd"

Cylinder Seal: "Temple and Herd"

Mesopotamian

Cylinder Seal: Figure Holding a Crook Faces a Female Deity; Antelope, Griffin, and Lions"

Cylinder Seal: Figure Holding a Crook Faces a Female Deity; Antelope, Griffin, and Lions"

Syrian

An intaglio black, hematite object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with an image of a standing person wearing a long skirt and a headpiece and a small bird next to them. There are other engravings that wrap around the sides.

Cylinder Seal: Presentation Scene; Stags

Mitannian

An intaglio bright blue, frit object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with lines that form the shapes of a standing, winged horse and a person pulling on a bow and arrow. They are surrounded by other small engravings.

Cylinder Seal: Archer Shooting Winged Bull

Mesopotamian

Fragment of Cuneiform Envelope

Fragment of Cuneiform Envelope

Assyrian

Lake, Maiori, Italy

Lake, Maiori, Italy, 1875 - 1943

Robert David Gauley

Plum Blossoms and Bamboo

Plum Blossoms and Bamboo

Chinese

Lenticular Seal with Ring

Lenticular Seal with Ring

Minoan

Three-sided Seal

Three-sided Seal

Greek

Intaglio Gem in Scarab Form with Bull, set in a Hoop

Intaglio Gem in Scarab Form with Bull, set in a Hoop

Greek

Four-Sided Seal: Starfish, Warrior, Priest, and Woman

Four-Sided Seal: Starfish, Warrior, Priest, and Woman

Greek

Ring

Ring

Greek

Button Seal

Button Seal

Greek

Button Seal

Button Seal

Greek

Gorgoneion Cameo

Gorgoneion Cameo

Greek

Ring with Monkey's Head

Ring with Monkey's Head

Greek

Adam Duncan, Admiral Viscount Duncan (1731-1804)

Adam Duncan, Admiral Viscount Duncan (1731-1804), 1735 - 1799

James Tassie

Vertical landscape of tall pine trees at the bottom cascading up into a mountainous landscape.　

River Landscape, 1697 - 1752

Sakaki Hyakusen 彭城百川

Vertical scene of groups of Chinese people wearing robes, doing various activities that meander from bottom towards the top.

Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, 1790 - 1838

Maruyama Ōshin 円山応震

A marble anamorphic form. The bottom of the piece is flat with two visible legs horizontal along the body. The rounded head sits upright and has two shallow holes for eyes. The wide ears on top are round and flat against the head.

Stamp Seal in the Shape of a Recumbent Bull: Two Dogs?

Mesopotamian

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