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Snuff Bottle with Scholar and Assistant on Rocky Promontory, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Snuff Bottle with Scholar and Assistant on Rocky Promontory, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1750-1800

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Agate cylinder seal and impression depicting the Persian King Darius, 521-485 BC

Agate cylinder seal and impression depicting the Persian King Darius, 521-485 BC. Found at Thebes, Egypt. Darius is portrayed in a chariot hunting lions. The winged disk of the god Ahura Mazda is above. The inscription at the side is in the three languages of the Persian Empire, Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian. From the British Museum

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