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LOT 2047
Sassanian Style Red Agate Gemstone with Bird and Ibex
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11 grams, 25.6 mm).
Plano-convex in profile with incuse scene of a bird in flight landing on a recumbent ibex; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
UK private collection, acquired 1980-1983.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Gyselen, R., Acta Iranica 44. Sasanian Seals and Sealings in the A. Saeedi Collection, Leuven, 2007, item 30.C.2, for type.
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