Enthroned figure drinking from vase and facing attendant with fan

between 2900 B.C. and 2400 B.C.
baked clay(?)
29 x 15 mm
Morgan Seal 1104
Provenance: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes: 

"The scene of this seal recalls a Neo-Assyrian representation of a ritual meal, as for example in 673. However, only the shape of the fan presents an exact parallel to Assyrian designs, while the garb of the figures and the treatment of the space deviate completely. Though it is possible that 1104 presents a peripheral rendering of the Assyrian motif, it is equally possible that this cylinder,w hich so far remains unparalleled, is the work of a modern forger.. Porada, CANES, p. 156

Summary: 

Enthroned figure drinking form vase and facing attendant with fan, between them two indeterminate designs above kneeling antelope -- Beside latter, plant and indeterminate design -- In lower field: five small vessels above offering table -- Two large vessels before small figure with vase.

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