Lot Essay
Item one: cf. J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, pp. 320 f., ill. no. 966, for similar.
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CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
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A GRAECO-PERSIAN DERIVATIVE SARD SCARABOID STAMP SEAL
CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Engraved with the figure of a standing female offrant in profile, wearing chiton and crowned headdress, her hair falling in a long plait down her back, carrying a pomegranate or flower in her hand, pierced longitudinally; a Sassanian lapis lazuli domed stamp seal with thick-maned lion, 3rd-5th Century A.D.; another similar, lapis; a square-cut Babylonian felspar seal with worshipper before altar; a Neo- Babylonian haematite scaraboid stamp seal with worshipper before palm branch, mid-1st millennium B.C.; a Sassanian chalcedony stamp seal with eagle and bull; a Sassanian haematite domed stamp seal with profile bearded male bust and lettering in the field, both 3rd-7th Century A.D., all in later ring settings; two bronze Graeco-Persian ring-bezels with modern hoops, one with a winged lion, the other with standing male figure, both circa 7th Century B.C.; and a cream stone stamp seal, 2.5 cm. long max.; 2 cm. across inner hoop max. (10)
CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
Engraved with the figure of a standing female offrant in profile, wearing chiton and crowned headdress, her hair falling in a long plait down her back, carrying a pomegranate or flower in her hand, pierced longitudinally; a Sassanian lapis lazuli domed stamp seal with thick-maned lion, 3rd-5th Century A.D.; another similar, lapis; a square-cut Babylonian felspar seal with worshipper before altar; a Neo- Babylonian haematite scaraboid stamp seal with worshipper before palm branch, mid-1st millennium B.C.; a Sassanian chalcedony stamp seal with eagle and bull; a Sassanian haematite domed stamp seal with profile bearded male bust and lettering in the field, both 3rd-7th Century A.D., all in later ring settings; two bronze Graeco-Persian ring-bezels with modern hoops, one with a winged lion, the other with standing male figure, both circa 7th Century B.C.; and a cream stone stamp seal, 2.5 cm. long max.; 2 cm. across inner hoop max. (10)
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