Lot 1
Lot 1
A MINOAN ROCK CRYSTAL TABLOID SEAL WITH A GEOMETRIC PATTERN

MIDDLE MINOAN III-LATE MINOAN I, CIRCA 1700-1500 B.C.

    Price Realised USD 8,190
    Estimate
    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
    A MINOAN ROCK CRYSTAL TABLOID SEAL WITH A GEOMETRIC PATTERN

    MIDDLE MINOAN III-LATE MINOAN I, CIRCA 1700-1500 B.C.

    Price Realised USD 8,190
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
    Price Realised USD 8,190
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
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    11⁄16 in. (1.8 cm.) long
    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. 4, no. 1.
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