Description:

Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Persia, Sasanian (Sassanian / Sassanid) Empire, ca. 200 to 700 CE. A pair of seal beads carved from chalcedony and agate, the larger is strung on a modern silver wire as pendant. The yellow chalcedony is etched with a zebu bull and the darker agate with a simplified man in profile. Size of seal & silver wire: 1.6" L x 0.75" Diameter (4.1 cm x 1.9 cm)

Provenance: private Matrisciano collection, Thousand Oaks, California, USA, before 2002; ex-Malter Galleries, Encino, California, USA

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#176453

  • Condition: minor surface nicks and wear around drilled holes, otherwise intact. One is strung on a modern wire as a wearable pendant.

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