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LOT 1254

Sasanian Red Agate Ring

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (4.37 grams, 25.53 mm overall, 14.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).

With scaphoid plaque, intaglio kneeling zebu motif.

Provenance

Mr 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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LOT 1254

Sasanian Red Agate Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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