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LOT 0562
Post Minoan Agate Gemstone with Goat
AEGEAN, 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
1/2 in. (1.52 grams. 13 mm).
Lentoid in section with intaglio goat looking backwards towards a bird in flight; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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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