Description:

Ancient Near East, Sassanian (also Sasanian, Sassanid) Empire, ca. 2nd to 7th century CE. A collection of 4 stone intaglios and stamp seals carved from a white chalcedony and orange carnelian stones. Two are intaglios for setting in a ring - one with a large bird and the other with a pair of monkeys and a tree. The chalcedony seal has a standing figure - perhaps a worshipper or deity, and the carnelian seal has a winged cupid-like figure. Both seals are pierced for suspension. Size of chalcedony seal: 0.75" Diameter x 0.43" W (1.9 cm x 1.1 cm)

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

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#176458

  • Condition: Chip and abrasion to the verso of the intaglio with monkeys and chip to periphery of bird intaglio. Stamp seals have minor abrasions and chalcedony seal has light mineral deposits.

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January 11, 2024 8:00 AM MST
Louisville, CO, US

Artemis Fine Arts

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