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