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LOT 0399
Large Post-Classical Agate Gemstone Depicting a Double Portrait of Hellenistic Rulers
19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
1 1/4 in. (7.37 grams, 31 mm).
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.
Provenancewith Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, 2022.
Private collection, England.
The image portrays human rulers as Zeus and Hera/Jupiter and Juno.
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LOT 0399
Large Post-Classical Agate Gemstone Depicting a Double Portrait of Hellenistic Rulers
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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