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LOT 0084
Roman Banded Agate Cameo of a Sleeping Dog
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.72 grams, 12.7 mm).
With a cameo image of a lying dog curled to the right; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Henig, M., The Content Cameos, p.26, no.47, p.27, n.48.
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