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Stamp Seal: Seated Woman Holding Flower
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Light, milky carnelian stamp seal depicting a seated woman in profile, draped in a long robe and holding what appears to be a flower under her nose. Her garment's folds are indicated by diagonal hatching. The sides of the seal are slightly chipped and the edges of the string hole worn.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (by 1998-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: Stamp Seal: Seated Woman Holding Flower
Description:
Light, milky carnelian stamp seal depicting a seated woman in profile, draped in a long robe and holding what appears to be a flower under her nose.
Her garment's folds are indicated by diagonal hatching.
The sides of the seal are slightly chipped and the edges of the string hole worn.
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