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LOT 0322
Sassanian Black Stone Fragment with Hunting and Battle Scenes
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (50.3 grams, 70 mm).
Comprising: rectangular plaque and stepped finial; the plaque with beaded border and hatched inner band framing figural scenes in two registers; finial with horseman aiming his bow while galloping forwards, dead animals at his horse's hooves; underside segmented.
Provenance
Ex 'S' collection, London, UK.
Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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LOT 0322
Sassanian Black Stone Fragment with Hunting and Battle Scenes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, E Sale 564, lot 1302. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12428-226549.
