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PROPERTY FROM A MANHATTAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

A SASANIAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A HERO AND TWO LIONS
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Mounted as a ring in a 19th century silver setting; with an Pahlavi inscription reading: "(My) refuge (is) with god (or: the gods)"
⅝ in. (1.6 cm.) wide; ring size 6 ½

PROVENANCE
S. Sydney De Young (1897-1986), Boston, likely acquired between 1920-1940; thence by descent.

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