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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Stamp Seal: on the Face, Portrait Bust of a Bearded Dignatary, His Hair in a Wreath and Chignon, Wearing Necklace and Earrings; Inscribed
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Stamp Seal: on the Face, Portrait Bust of a Bearded Dignatary, His Hair in a Wreath and Chignon, Wearing Necklace and Earrings; Inscribed

AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
AAT Object Form/Functionstamps (tools)
AAT Object Form/Functionbusts (general, figures)
AAT Object Form/Functionportraits
AAT Object Techniqueinscribing
CultureSasanian
PeriodSasanian Empire
Date5th-6th Century CE
MediumAgate
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions13/16 x 3/4 in. (2.1 x 1.9 cm)
Object number2008.031.169
Exhibition HistoryExuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796), Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia, September 21, 2013 - January 5, 2014
Passion of the Empress: Catherine the Great's Art Patronage, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington, D.C., February 15 - June 8, 2014
Published ReferencesAsen Kirin, Exuberance of Meaning: The Art Patronage of Catherine the Great (1762-1796) (Georgia: Georgia Museum of Art, 2013), 190, number 47.
ProvenanceEx coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, purchased from Pars Coins, San Jose, California, August 2, 2006.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
Stamp Seal: on the Face, Portrait Bust of a Bearded Dignitary in Profile, His Hair Gathered in a Chignon behind, Wearing Torque Necklace, Earrings, Floral-Patterned Garment; Inscribed with Crescent and Star in the Field
4th-5th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Ringstone: Portrait of a Bearded Man, his Hair in a Chignon, Wearing Earrings and Torque
4th-5th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Stamp Seal in the Form of a Finger Ring: Bust of a Bearded Man Wearing a Shirt, Necklace, and Earrings; in the Field, Inscription "Wealthy" and a Star and Crescent
4th-5th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Intaglio with Portrait Bust of a Bearded Man in Profile Facing Left, his Hair in Long Ringlets
early 3rd-4th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Ringstone: Bust of Bearded Male with Frontal Shoulders and Profile Head Wearing Kulaf, Necklace, and Earrings, Bead Border
6th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Stamp Seal: Rooster Holding a Tassled Ring in his Beak
5th-6th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Stamp Seal: on the Face, a Frontal Portrait of a Clean-Shaven Man Wearing a Torque
4th-5th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Hemispherical Stamp Seal with "Gayomard" Standing in a Frontal Pose with Legs Apart, Staff in Each Hand, and Dog between his Feet
224-651 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Stamp Seal in the Form of a Finger Ring: Portrait Bust of a Bearded Man Emerging from a Foliate Base with an Inscription, the Shank Decorated with Circles in Relief
4th-6th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Stamp Seal: on the Face, a Lion Scalp and Bull's Head, with Wreaths
4th-5th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Stamp Seal in the Form of a Finger Ring: Fire Altar, a Wreath below
5th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Stamp Seal in the Form of a Finger Ring: on the Bezel, a Frontal Lion's Mask above a Wreath
4th Century CE