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LOT 0393
Post-Classical Agate Cameo with the Goddess Minerva
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (12.3 grams, 35 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan with helmetted bust of Minerva; deep undercuts to the edges.
Provenancewith Hindmann, Chicago, 21 March 2023, no.221.
Private collection, England.
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LOT 0393
Post-Classical Agate Cameo with the Goddess Minerva
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Ex Morningthorpe Manor, Norfolk, UK.
The parish of Morningthorpe is situated in south Norfolk, east of Long Stratton and west of Hempnall. The parish was certainly well established by the time of the Norman Conquest, its population, land ownership and productive resources being detailed in the Domesday Book of 1086.
