Lot 546 - Auction 66 - Part II

A rare burnt carnelian sassanian intaglio. Demoniac mask with star.

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A rare burnt carnelian sassanian intaglio. Demoniac mask with star.
6 x 9 x 2 mm
The frontal part of the demon is characterized by leonine traits and ears and antilope horns; on top, a star. Wear marks and burn. At the bottom, lossed part on the surface. Rare typology. For comparison: British Museum, inv. n. 119763 - 119764; R. Gyselen, Catalog of Sceaux, Camées et Bulles Sassanides of the Bibliothèque National et du Musée du Louvre. Paris 1993, p. 152, n. 40 C.13-22; tav. XL .; R. Göbl, Der Sasanidische Siegelkanon. Brunswick, 1973. tav. 16, n. 43i .; Bivar, A.D.H. Catalog of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Stamp Seals, II: The Sassanian Dynasty. p. 75. n. DM 3.
3rd-4th century AD.
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