Ca. 1st millennium BC or later. A beautiful dark brown stamp seal from the region of Bactria/Turkmenistan. It depicts a rabbit embraced by floral elements. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: L:5.5mm / W:32.1mm ; 10.77gProvenance: 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.