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LOT 1346
Parthian Stone Seal with Bearded Bust
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
7/8 in. (4.52 grams, 21 mm).
Carved from opaque stone, upper face with a bearded profile bust wearing a headdress, occluded piercing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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