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SydneyCorrigan Collection
"Antiquities" Catalog 127 (1983)
CH=11 3/4)
He is wearing a double-tiered felt hat
An exceptional example representing the god Montu
A large Sasanian Blue Chalcedony Bead, ca. 4th - 5th century CE Jewelry - Beads SydneyCorrigan CollectionThis unusually large bead is carved from translucent milky blue chalcedony and carefully polished to a luminous finish. Drilled longitudinally for suspension, the bead demonstrates the high level of lapidary craftsmanship achieved in the Sasanian period. Beads of this size and material were likely valued as protective amulets as well as ornaments. A truly lovely example. Parallels: A comparable example is published in The Collection of Patti Birch,
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