Votive Seal With Intaglios - D.0180 - For Sale

Votive Seal With Intaglios - D.0180
Price: $5000.00
This ancient votive seal was discovered with a cache of similar artifacts along the shoresof Lake Van.Evokingthedawnof Westernculture,theseapparentlywereofferingsatheshrineofsomepowerfulgod.Thisunknowndeityappearstohavebeenassociatedwithfertilityandrebirth.Thedesign that adorns them—of birds, animals, cult idols—probably stoodinproxyformorecostlysacrifices.Pressedintosoftclayorwax,theywouldhavecreatedmultipleimagestowinthefavorofthegod.Carvedwithanabstractsimplicitybutanobservanteyetowardnature,hestarkvisualappealofthispieceistimeless.Thesesealsrepresentdreams,hopesandaspirationsforhealth,success,andhappinessthatareasoldascivilizationitself.-(D.0180)Engraved Votive Seal With An Intaglio D.0180Origin:Lake Van,Anatolia Circa:4000BCto3000BCDimensions:1.375(3.5cm)highx.75(1.9cm)wideollection:Near Eastern Style:Neolithic Medium: Dickite

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Barakat Gallery
405 North Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills
California-90210
USA
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Email : barakat@barakatgallery.com
Phone : 310.859.8408

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