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LOT 0292
Syrian Haematite Scarab
8TH CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (6.52 grams, 17 mm).
With scene to underside of a winged figure advancing.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0292
Syrian Haematite Scarab
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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