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LOT 0310
Achaemenid-Phoenician Silver Framed Banded Agate Scaraboid
500-300 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (16.4 grams, 34 mm).
Biconvex in profile with incised winged-scarab motif to upper face; pierced longitudinally for stringing; later silver mount with granule clusters.
Provenance
From the collection of a late London gentleman; by descent 1970 onwards.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12425-225392.
Literature
Cf. Moscati, S., I Fenici, p.377, for similar; a finger ring in the British Museum under accession no. 1872,0604.25 features a similar but more ornate scarab in a plainer setting.
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LOT 0310
Achaemenid-Phoenician Silver Framed Banded Agate Scaraboid
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,990
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