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LOT 255640
Roman Sapphire Cameo with Bust of Serapis and Spread Eagle
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.06 grams, 23 mm).
Carved in the half-round on a sapphire crystal showing striations on the reverse, depicting the upper body of Serapis with modius and pleated tunic, eagle with spread wings placed on the chest.
Provenance
Acquired circa 1980.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
Literature
Cf. bust of Serapis in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv.no.81.6.18.
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LOT 255640
Roman Sapphire Cameo with Bust of Serapis and Spread Eagle
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 580; USD 675) +BP*
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