A Sterling silver bangle with a Babylonian cylinder seal - image-1

Lot 1 Dα

A Sterling silver bangle with a Babylonian cylinder seal

Auction 1116 - overview Cologne
15.11.2018, 16:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 4.464 € (incl. premium)

A Sterling silver bangle with a Babylonian cylinder seal

Designed as a silver spiral band with hinge and safety clip to the lower face. One terminal set with a finely carved hematite cylinder seal. The band with a dynamic impression of the seal's design showing a devotee before a guard at the Ishtar Gate and a three line Babylonian inscription. One of a kind piece. Stamped: Fineness 925, maker's mark FD. Max. W 6.8 cm. Inner diameter ca. 5 x 4.5 cm. Weight 98.9 g.
Fritz Deutsch, Cologne, probably 1930s/40s.