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CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
FOUR SASANIAN STONE RINGSTONES
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Including three of garnet, one with a feline moving left with a Pahlavi inscription above, reading, "Increase;" one with a pheasant, and one with two birds; and one of lapis lazuli with a lion attacking a zebu
Largest: ½ in. (8 cm.) wide
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Including three of garnet, one with a feline moving left with a Pahlavi inscription above, reading, "Increase;" one with a pheasant, and one with two birds; and one of lapis lazuli with a lion attacking a zebu
Largest: ½ in. (8 cm.) wide
Provenance
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.