A ROMAN BANDED AGATE DISC-SHAPED ATTACHMENT

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08.02.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 108 | A ROMAN BANDED AGATE DISC-SHAPED ATTACHMENT
A ROMAN BANDED AGATE DISC-SHAPED ATTACHMENT

CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.

With gently convex surface, the underside with hexagonal-shaped central shallow raised section with a flattened surface

3 ½ in. (9 cm.) diameter





Provenance

London art market, 1998.

with Oliver Hoare Ltd., London, 2012.



Literature

O. Hoare, Every Object Tells a Story, London, 2012, no. 51.

D. Del Bufalo, Murrina vasa: a luxury of imperial Rome, Rome, 2016, no. 61.



Exhibited

Oliver Hoare's Cabinet of Curiosities, Every Object Tells a Story, London, 6 June- 6 July 2012.
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