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LOT 2030
Agate and Glass Bead Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 - 2 3/4 in. (356 grams total, 24-70 mm).
Including crescentic, biconvex, plano-convex and other types, some with etched Zi patterns. [22, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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AUCTIONS:
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Large Post-Classical Agate Gemstone Depicting a Double Portrait of Hellenistic Rulers
19th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Intaglio jugate busts of a bearded male with browband in the foreground and female bust to the rear with diadem; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 7.37 grams, 31 mm
with Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, 2022. Private collection, England.
The image portrays human rulers as Zeus and Hera/Jupiter and Juno. -
Post-Classical Blue Glass Cameo of a Man
19th cetnury A.D. or earlierEstimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Discoid in plan with facing bust with tousled hair. 0.64 grams, 12 mm
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Renaissance Polished Imperial Porphyry Pestle with Rare Xenolith
Italian, 17th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Modelled as round-section tubular body, shaft with rounded top; rare xenolith to the handle. 1.23 kg, 19.2 cm
Acquired from a dealer in Kensington Church Street, London, UK, in 2000. From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.
