LOT 1415 Byzantine Stamp Seal in Gilt Setting with Garnets
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6th-9th century AD. A stamp seal matrix comprising a jasper disc with frieze of profile horned animals and roundels, central standard with addorsed animal heads; set into a later silver-gilt domed cup with filigree bands and S-curved motifs, four piriform garnet cabochons in cells above nine smaller elliptical cabochons (one absent); tubular shank with ancient bronze handle formed as a couchant lioness. 26 grams, 59mm (2 1/4"). Property of a North London lady; gifted from her father's collection; formerly with a Mayfair gallery, London, UK; previously acquired in the 1980s. Very fine condition, usage wear.
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Mayfair Hotel Crystal Room Stratton Street London W1J 8LT
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