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Parthian Carnelian Gemstone with Bust Parthian Carnelian Gemstone with Bust Parthian Carnelian Gemstone with Bust
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LOT 1399

Parthian Carnelian Gemstone with Bust

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. OR LATER

7/8 in. (2.12 grams, 23 mm).

Ellipsoid cloison with central intaglio profile bearded bust, epigraphic Pahlavi legend to the rim. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From 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.

Literature

Cf. Gyselen, R., Catalogue des sceaux, camées et bulles sassanides I, no.10, for a later seal of similar type.

CONDITION
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LOT 1399

Parthian Carnelian Gemstone with Bust

Sold for (Inc. bp): £111

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