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Lot Essay
A large late Sassanian oval carnelian is engraved with three snarling felines, each with it's fur rendered in a different way, one shaggy, one with two large hatched stripes and the other with small tufts. Two of them are chained to a central pillar, and all chasing a running hare. The border probably added later. For various felines on Sassanian gems cf. M. Henig, Classical Gems, Cambridge, 1994, nos 417-419 and 440.
Dark green stone stamp seal with a whirligig device of three plumed horse heads - for similar device cf. M. Henig, op. cit. no. 1043.
A Carnelian ring stone with the profile bust of a bearded man, a pair of wings below and a Phalavi inscription above. For the type cf. Hofkunst van de Sassaniden, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1993, p. 282, no. 136.
A mottled agate ring stone with a female head wearing earrings and necklaces, her hair bound up with a tong tress falling down her back. For a stone engraved with both male and female busts see. inv. no. 1880.3567, in the British Museum.
A rock crystal intaglio in Sassanian style with head of a King.
An Islamic moulded green glass weight, with inscription in Kufic script, circa 8th-12th Century A.D.
Dark green stone stamp seal with a whirligig device of three plumed horse heads - for similar device cf. M. Henig, op. cit. no. 1043.
A Carnelian ring stone with the profile bust of a bearded man, a pair of wings below and a Phalavi inscription above. For the type cf. Hofkunst van de Sassaniden, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1993, p. 282, no. 136.
A mottled agate ring stone with a female head wearing earrings and necklaces, her hair bound up with a tong tress falling down her back. For a stone engraved with both male and female busts see. inv. no. 1880.3567, in the British Museum.
A rock crystal intaglio in Sassanian style with head of a King.
An Islamic moulded green glass weight, with inscription in Kufic script, circa 8th-12th Century A.D.