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LOT 1488

Glass Intaglio with Hercules and Nemean Lion

19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (1.78 grams, 20 mm).

An oval glass intaglio presenting a scene depicting Hercules' First Labour: the god wrestling the Nemean lion. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1969-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 1488

Glass Intaglio with Hercules and Nemean Lion

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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