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A GREEK BANDED AGATE SCARAB WITH A MONSTER

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500 B.C.

    Price Realised USD 3,780
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    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
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    A GREEK BANDED AGATE SCARAB WITH A MONSTER

    ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500 B.C.

    Price Realised USD 3,780
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
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    Price Realised USD 3,780
    Closed: 14 Apr 2022
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    Details
    1⁄2 in. (1.2 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. 41, no. 34.
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