3rd-2nd millennium BC. A bifacial agate stylised standing bird with plumb breast and folded wings; pierced laterally towards the rear for suspension. 6.6 grams, 30mm (1 1/4"). From a Mayfair collection, a deceased estate inherited by the collectors family; inventory number 180; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the 1990s. [No Reserve]