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A GREEK GREEN SERPENTINE LENTOID ISLAND GEM WITH A CHIMAERA

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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    USD 5,000 - USD 7,000
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
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    A GREEK GREEN SERPENTINE LENTOID ISLAND GEM WITH A CHIMAERA

    ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
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    11⁄16 in. (1.7 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, pp. 14-15, no. 9.
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