Bidspirit auction | INDUS VALLEY GREY STONE STAMP

INDUS VALLEY GREY STONE STAMP SEAL WITH BOVINE AND SCRIPT - WITH ORIGINAL REPORT BY PROF. LAMBERT - Ca. 2000 - 1800 BCA grey stone stamp seal formed as a nearly square plaque with a raised pierced cylindrical handle on the back, carved on the face with a standing bovine with head raised and an inscription in Indus Valley pictograms arranged above its back.Size: 41mm x 40mm; Weight: 34g.Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.For similar see: British Museum number1947,0416.2