Un sceau à dôme en calcédoine sassanide, fin de la période sassanide, ca. 5ème - 6ème siècle de notre ère
MA2006
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Un sceau en forme de dôme rond percé au centre pour la fixation, la lunette ovale plate gravée d'une branche de grenade comportant trois pétales, deux feuilles tournées vers le bas et une tige qui émerge d'un trait de base droit.
Motifs courants dans l'art sassanide, les grenades sont généralement des fleurs ou des plantes fruitières et sont un symbole de fécondité et de prospérité.
Pour des exemples connexes, voir : Christopher J. Brunner, Sasanian Stamp Seals in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1978), pp. 118 - 119, nos. 142, 170.
Dimensions : Longueur : 1,7 cm (0,66 pouces), Largeur : 1,6 cm (0,62 pouces)
Condition : Usure superficielle mineure, globalement intacte et en très bon état.
Provenance : Collection Alex Malloy, acquise dans les années 1980-1990.
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