A SASANIAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO INSET SILVER RINGThe seal presumably Sasanian, ancient Persia /Iran, c. 3rd – 6th century or later, the silver setting dating to the 19th century. The silver ring engraved with ornamental designs and inset with a carnelian seal incised with a horse.Condition: With traces of wear commensurate with age, the seal with breakages and repairs. Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe. Weight: 9.9 g Dimensions: Inner diameter 1.8 cm