Lot 1421
A 3-piece lot of Sasanian Engraved Signet Seals. 1) A fine polish oval red carnelian seal, ca. 3rd-4th century AD. Engraved with the image of a man walking left wearing a long draped and hemmed garment a brimmed hat set at a sharp angle, braid falling behind, hands raised upward. Measures: 12 X 8 mm. 2) A red carnelian polished scaraboid seal, ca. 3rd -5th century AD. The flat side is engraved with a recumbent stag with great backward sweeping antlers, decorative globules at circumference. Pierced for suspension. Measures: 8 X 10.5 mm. 3) A red carnelian oval polished ring stone seal, ca. 3rd-5th century AD. Engraved with the image of an eagle walking left on ground line. Measures: 15 X 10.5 mm.
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
Ex Sotheby, London, 24 Jan 1972, Lot 82, part.
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