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CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ACHAEMENID BANDED AGATE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
With a bearded Persian king holding aloft two inverted lions, gripping them by one hind leg, their heads turned back, the king wearing a crown, tunic and trousers, standing with each foot on the rump of a winged sphinx, a scorpion-man standing behind, with bearded human head, human torso with wings and a scorpion's tail
1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
With a bearded Persian king holding aloft two inverted lions, gripping them by one hind leg, their heads turned back, the king wearing a crown, tunic and trousers, standing with each foot on the rump of a winged sphinx, a scorpion-man standing behind, with bearded human head, human torso with wings and a scorpion's tail
1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Surena collection, London, late 1970s-early 1980s.
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