CIRCA 1ST-6TH CENTURY A.D.
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SIX ROMAN AND SASSANIAN HARDSTONE INTAGLIOS
CIRCA 1ST-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Three of cornelian, an eagle with wreath in its beak between two standards, two birds perched on two cornucopia flanking two ears of corn, and nisan symbols bordered by Pahlavi inscription; a garnet intaglio with a bird, grape bunch and Pahlavi inscription; a banded brown and white agate domed intaglio with profile head; a yellow glass intaglio, four set in silver and bronze finger ring mounts; a Graeco-Persian bronze ring, the bezel engraved with a seated winged sphinx, circa 4th Century B.C.; an oval cornelian intaglio with Hebrew inscription, circa 1500 A.D., intaglios 7/8 in. (2.1 cm.) across max.; and fifteen Sassanian hardstone stamp seals, agate, chalcedony, cornelian, haematite and one of bronze, engraved with an eagle, winged griffin and horse, lion-head, scorpion, zebu, human-headed winged sphinxes, flower bud, and a star above a crescent, two with Pahlavi inscriptions, all 4th-7th Century A.D., ¾ in. (2 cm.) across max. (23)
CIRCA 1ST-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Three of cornelian, an eagle with wreath in its beak between two standards, two birds perched on two cornucopia flanking two ears of corn, and nisan symbols bordered by Pahlavi inscription; a garnet intaglio with a bird, grape bunch and Pahlavi inscription; a banded brown and white agate domed intaglio with profile head; a yellow glass intaglio, four set in silver and bronze finger ring mounts; a Graeco-Persian bronze ring, the bezel engraved with a seated winged sphinx, circa 4th Century B.C.; an oval cornelian intaglio with Hebrew inscription, circa 1500 A.D., intaglios 7/8 in. (2.1 cm.) across max.; and fifteen Sassanian hardstone stamp seals, agate, chalcedony, cornelian, haematite and one of bronze, engraved with an eagle, winged griffin and horse, lion-head, scorpion, zebu, human-headed winged sphinxes, flower bud, and a star above a crescent, two with Pahlavi inscriptions, all 4th-7th Century A.D., ¾ in. (2 cm.) across max. (23)
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