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AN UNMOUNTED SARDONYX CAMEO
The oval cameo engraved with two armed warriors in combat, one kneeling with shield held above his head, the other restraining a prancing horse, groundline, 17th Century, 3.3cm. wide
Provenance: Antiquités et Objets d'Art, Collection de Martine, Comtesse de Béhague provenant de la Succession du Marquis de Ganay, Sotheby's Monaco, 5 December, 1987, lot 231.
Martine Béhague (d.1939) patroness of the arts, housed her collection in a sumptious palace in the Rue St. Dominique, Paris. The objects ranged from Ancient Egyptian to Art Nouveau and included many magnificent Renaissance pieces
The oval cameo engraved with two armed warriors in combat, one kneeling with shield held above his head, the other restraining a prancing horse, groundline, 17th Century, 3.3cm. wide
Provenance: Antiquités et Objets d'Art, Collection de Martine, Comtesse de Béhague provenant de la Succession du Marquis de Ganay, Sotheby's Monaco, 5 December, 1987, lot 231.
Martine Béhague (d.1939) patroness of the arts, housed her collection in a sumptious palace in the Rue St. Dominique, Paris. The objects ranged from Ancient Egyptian to Art Nouveau and included many magnificent Renaissance pieces