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La Medaille d'or de la Ville de Paris

La Medaille d'or de la Ville de Paris, 1885 - 1972

Maurice Delannoy

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

Seal with Animals

Seal with Animals

Anatolian

Fragment of Cuneiform Envelope

Fragment of Cuneiform Envelope

Assyrian

Skippet or Seal Box and Seal

Skippet or Seal Box and Seal, first mark 1730

Mordecai Fox

Lake, Maiori, Italy

Lake, Maiori, Italy, 1875 - 1943

Robert David Gauley

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

An off-white intaglio limestone object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with lines that show the form of a four-legged animal along the bottom and a seated stick figure along the top. There are more carved lines that wrap around the edges.

Cylinder Seal: Banquet and Animals

Mesopotamian

An intaglio object made of alabaster in the shape of a stout cylinder. On the left side are two thick horizontal lines with four vertical lines coming up from them. On the right are long, thin vertical lines that intersect with shorter horizontal lines.

Cylinder Seal: "Temple and Herd"

Mesopotamian

An intaglio black, hematite object in the shape of a cylinder. It is engraved with an image of a rabbit on the top and a lion on the bottom. Both of their front legs are raised.

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

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