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Provenance:
Hans (1900-1967) and Marie-Louis (1912-1997) Erlenmeyer collection, Basel.
The Erlenmeyer Collection of Cretan Seals; Christie's, London, 5 June 1989, lot 22.
Private collection, acquired at the above sale and housed in the UK.
Published:
J. Betts, Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel, Band X, Die Schweizer Sammlungen, Berlin, 1980, p. 67, no. 26.
The unusual, possibly unique, form of this seal is in imitation of Early Minoan ivory rings, a type which was shaped around the natural hollow of the bone.