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LOT 2050
Post Medieval Gemstone with Crouching Ibex
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.6 grams, 18 mm).
Ellipsoid plaque with intaglio representing an ibex with head turned to the rear, legs folded beneath the body. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a London lady; from her family collection formed in the 1970s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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