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LOT 0883

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

ROMAN CARNELIAN GEMSTONE WITH CUPID AND ROOSTER
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.68 grams, 13 mm).

Translucent with gently sloping walls, intaglio image of a rooster facing a seated Cupid, his upper body turned away from the rooster and holding an arrow in his raised hands.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Swiss collection formed in the 1980s onwards.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

CONDITION
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