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Lot 113

A Roman sardonyx intaglio

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman sardonyx intaglio
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Engraved with the figure of winged Eros riding a long-horned goat, in a modern gold setting, intaglio 1.3cm long, ring size R, weight 5.6g

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, acquired in the 1980s as a gift.

Cf. a glass cameo of the popular subject of Eros on a goat dating to the 1st Century A.D. in the British Museum, acc. no. 1923,0401.1121, and another Roman glass intaglio example in the Getty Museum, acc. no. 83.AN.437.17.

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