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Phoenician Steatite Intaglio with Sphinx Phoenician Steatite Intaglio with Sphinx Phoenician Steatite Intaglio with Sphinx
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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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