SASANIAN STAMP SEAL WITH THE TREE OF LIFE Ca. AD 400 - 600. A stamp seal carved from speckled dark brown and orange stone, tapering to a rounded end and pierced for suspension. The slightly convex base is engraved with a stylised Tree of Life composed of a central trunk flanked by radiating branches. For similar see: C. J. Brunner, Sasanian Stamp Seals in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cat. 8b.139. Size: 23mm x 12mm; Weight: 9g Provenance: Private London collection of an Ancient Art dealer; Formerly in a central London family collections 1990s; Suggested to be examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.; ex. 1970s/early80s UK art market.