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LOT 0229
Sasanian Blue Chalcedony Gemstone with Animal in Gold Ring
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.95 grams, 25.63 mm overall, 18.29 x 18.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17)).
An oval grey-blue intaglio featuring a reclining antelope, set in a later hollow-form gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 0229
Sasanian Blue Chalcedony Gemstone with Animal in Gold Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Collection
Bronze Age, 1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £124
Mixed group of items, including arrowheads, a dagger blade, a beast-headed implement, a medical spoon and others. 192 grams total, 6.4-19.1 cm
Acquiredon the London, UK, art market, 1990s onwards. -
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal Group
3rd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising: band of geometric figures (birds?) within borders of broken lines; frieze of standing birds each with head turned on a long neck and one wing extended; frieze of zoomorphs one with four thin legs and Y-shaped body, the other smaller with horns; frieze of perching birds each with one wing extended, the first with head turned towards the second, within ruled borders; fragment with robed figure extending one arm towards a second figure in mantle and ankle-length robe; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. 26.3 grams total, 20-26 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Western Asiatic Engraved Carnelian Calligraphic Intaglio
Late 19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A circular intaglio with an inscription within a border; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.41 grams, 15 mm
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Private collection, London.
