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LOT 1896
Georgian Gemstone with Portrait of a Philosopher
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.11 grams, 22 mm).
An oval carnelian gemstone engraved with a profile bust of a bearded man. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Norfolk family collection, 1940s-1960s; thence by descent.
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