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THREE SASANIAN STONE RINGSTONES
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
THREE SASANIAN STONE RINGSTONES
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Including two of carnelian, one engraved with a winged mythological creature combining a ram's foreparts with a coiled fish tail; one engraved with a lion in profile to the left, his tongue lolling from his open mouth, his tail wrapped around his hind legs; and one of green jasper with a profile male head between two spread-winged birds standing upon a bird in profile to the left, a Pahlavi inscription above, reading: "Ozen(?)," perhaps the owner's name
Lion: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm.) wide (3)
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Including two of carnelian, one engraved with a winged mythological creature combining a ram's foreparts with a coiled fish tail; one engraved with a lion in profile to the left, his tongue lolling from his open mouth, his tail wrapped around his hind legs; and one of green jasper with a profile male head between two spread-winged birds standing upon a bird in profile to the left, a Pahlavi inscription above, reading: "Ozen(?)," perhaps the owner's name
Lion: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm.) wide (3)
Provenance
Lion: Joseph Handy Collection, Massachusetts, 1967.
Others: Private Collection, Boston, 1989.
Others: Private Collection, Boston, 1989.
Literature
P. Gignoux and R. Gyselen, Sceaux Sasanides de Diverses Collections Privées, Leuven, 1982, no. 40.53, pl. XXIII (mythological creature) and no. 23.1 pl. XII (head between birds).
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