Western Asiatic Banded Agate Cylinder Seal with Birds

Penannular in form and round in section with clubbed ends, three incised gussets below each finial. 42.88 grams, 73 mm



From the collection of Contessa L.G., assembled in the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in Switzerland in 1999. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13200-249217.

The bracelet resembles a specimen found in Persepolis, in the Treasury, room 65, made from plain bronze wire. If the Achaemenid bracelets are characterised by their extremities shaped like goats or other wild animals, simpler gold bracelets existed, used abundantly by children and women, and also by royal courtiers and even slaves.

Frieze depicting a court scene with a seated figure in profile with one hand raised towards a standing figure wearing a floor-length robe, to the rear a bird with wings spread above a cluster of pelleted roundels; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.36 grams, 17.76 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

With frieze of a tree flanked by winged worshippers, surmounted by faravahar symbol; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 4.47 grams, 22 mm



UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.