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LOT 1278
Sasanian Marble Bifacial Amulet with Animals
CIRCA 2ND-6TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.43 grams, 18 mm).
Rectangular in plane with transverse piercing, one side with a leaping lion and the other with a reclining antelope or ibex. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. a seal with similar figure in Errington, E., Charles Masson: Collections from Begram and Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan, 1833-1838, London, 2021, no.72.3.
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