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Portrait head of a Sasanian prince
Near Eastern, Persian, Sasanian
Medium/Technique
Garnet
Dimensions
Length: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number27.757
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Cameos
DescriptionIn modern setting; frontal face of Sasanian Prince.
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Nevil Story-Maskelyne (b. 1823 – d. 1911), said to have been bought in Constantinople [1]; July 4, 1921, Story-Maskelyne sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, London, lot 278, to Edward Perry Warren; April 5, 1926, loaned by Edward Perry Warren to MFA (as 142.26); November 17, 1927, purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, for $161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)
[1] As per the 1921 sale catalog
[1] As per the 1921 sale catalog