A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO WITH A CHILD`S HEAD

Lot 118
07.12.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 859406
Lot 118 | A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO WITH A CHILD'S HEAD
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 9 000
A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO WITH A CHILD'S HEAD

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

11/16 in. (1.7 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. 243, no. 227.



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