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LOT 1940
Neoclassical Sardonyx Cameo of Alexander the Great in Silver Ring
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11.22 grams, 32.35 mm overall, 20.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).
With profile bust reserved in high-relief, set into the bezel of a silver finger ring.
Provenance
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
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LOT 1940
Neoclassical Sardonyx Cameo of Alexander the Great in Silver Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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The verse is quoted from the poem 'The Growing Boy'.
