A group of Near Eastern jewellery and stamp seals2nd Millennium B.C. – 7th Century A.D.Including two ribbed penannular hooped gold earrings, with a copper alloy core, mid-late 2nd Millennium B.C., 28mm diam, one in two parts; a black stone rectangular stamp seal, engraved with a cross and geometric patterns, circa 4th-3rd Millennium B.C., 20mmx18mm; an agate seal with an incised worshipper before a crossed design, circa 7th-6th Century B.C., or earlier, 10mm x 10mm, a Phoenician carnelian scarab with incised wing-case, pierced longitudinally, circa 6th Century B.C., 17mm long; a Sasanian domed agate seal and a Sasanian carnelian ring, the bezel engraved with a raptor, 24mm diam, broken in two parts, circa 5th-7th Century A.D. (6)Provenance:With Gimpel Fils Gallery, London and previously The gold plated earrings acquired from Mrs Broukal, London, 1st April 1969; The agate seal acquired from Sotheby’s, London,1/8/68, Lot no. 60; The Sasanian domed agate seal acquired from Sotheby’s, London, 1/8/68, Lot no.61; the Sasanian carnelian ring acquired from Sotheby’s, London, 1/8/68, Lot no. 60Please refer to department for condition report