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LOT 1812
Intaglio Gemstone Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (9.80 grams total, 12-23 mm).
Comprising: an agate intaglio with a lion facing back; a red agate intaglio with a leaping gazelle; a carnelian intaglio with standing eagle; an octagonal intaglio with a bearded profile bust; a dark agate intaglio with resting lion; a dark agate intaglio with profile bust; a large brown intaglio with profile bust, star before. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a West London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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