A GRECO PERSIAN AGATE SCARABOID STAMP SEAL, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C. A GRECO PERSIAN AGATE SCARABOID STAMP SEAL, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C. A GRECO PERSIAN AGATE SCARABOID STAMP SEAL, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

A GRECO PERSIAN AGATE SCARABOID STAMP SEAL, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

Reference: ART600396

A seated Persian woman with a flower. Engraved on the underside with a woman seated on a chair, wearing a long pleated chiton and a crown(?), her hair in a long braid at her back, holding a flower out before her.
18 by 16 mm.
2.95 grams.

CONDITION
Very fine condition.

PROVENANCE
Bonhams sale 25881, Mr J. N. & Mrs J. E. Didcock collection, UK; and thence by descent to the present owner.

REFERENCE
Cambridge, Pale red all-stone ring. 22mm. GGFR pl. 966. For a closely related example, see J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, p.320-1, pl. 966.