Lot 48
Lot 48
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A EUROPEAN ONYX CAMEO WITH TWO ANTELOPE

CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

    Price Realised USD 126,000
    Estimate
    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
    A EUROPEAN ONYX CAMEO WITH TWO ANTELOPE

    CIRCA 13TH-14TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

    Price Realised USD 126,000
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
    Price Realised USD 126,000
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
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    115⁄16 in. (4.5 cm.) diameter
    Provenance
    Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
    Literature
    J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 256, no. 240.
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