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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A ROMAN AGATE CAMEO
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN AGATE CAMEO
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The oval stone carved with a goat in profile to the right on a groundline, the natural banding of the stone exploited to give a multicolored appearance to its fleece, on a white ground
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The oval stone carved with a goat in profile to the right on a groundline, the natural banding of the stone exploited to give a multicolored appearance to its fleece, on a white ground
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) long
Provenance
with Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, 1994 (Auction 27, lot 807).
Literature
J. Biers, ed., A Peaceable Kingdom, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part VI, Mainz am Rhein, 2004, no. 61.