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LOT 0617
Phoenician Steatite Intaglio with Sphinx
8TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (3.52 grams, 17 mm).
Intaglio sphinx sitting with one foreleg raised, arched wing to the back; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s.
Private collection, since the late 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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LOT 0617
Phoenician Steatite Intaglio with Sphinx
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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