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LOT 1518
Parthian Agate Gemstone with Bust
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (2.12 grams, 23 mm).
Ellipsoid carnelian cloison with central intaglio profile bearded bust, epigraphic Pahlavi legend to the rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Gyselen, R., Catalogue des sceaux, camées et bulles sassanides I, no.10, for a later seal of similar type.
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