Lot no. 155
CARNELIAN OR GARNET INTAGLIO Roman art, 1st century BC Round intaglio engraved with two nude women around a basin, one of them making a libation. Set in a gold mount, possibly later. Gross weight: 8.11 gr. Diameter (intaglio): 1.5 cm Provenance: Probably Elie Bustros gallery, Beirut, 1970s Gawain McKinley Collection, London, Paris and New York His sale, Sotheby's London, 6 December 2006: n°105 (ill.) Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023
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Archaeology & Oriental Arts
75008 Paris - France
11/18/2025
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