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LOT 1408
Sasanian Brown Agate Ring
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.90 grams, 26.53 mm overall, 15.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
With scaphoid plaque, intaglio standing profile figure in a draped robe.
ProvenanceMr S.A. collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1980s.
Thence by descent, private collection, since 1998.
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.
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Sumerian Zoomorphic Alabaster Vessel
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
conical in profile with rounded underside, neck formed as an animal-head with pouring lip to reverse. 122 grams, 57 mm
Ex N. Forbes collection, UK. Accompanied by a Coincraft certificate of authenticity. 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.
