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    ANTIQUITIES

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    18 December 1998

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    • A GRAECO-PERSIAN BLUE CHALCEDO
    Lot 204

    A GRAECO-PERSIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID

    CIRCA LATE 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 5,175

    Estimate

    USD 5,000 - USD 7,000

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    A GRAECO-PERSIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID
    circa late 5th-4th century b.c.
    Engraved with a Persian man spearing a rearing bear, the man wearing a soft hat and a sleeved and belted tunic, with a mantle draped over one arm, thrusting down with the spear into the bear
    .7/8 in. (2.26 cm.)

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    Lot Essay

    Attributed to the Cambridge Group. For other gems of this group see nos. 924-930 in Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings. For a gem from the McLendon Collection with the same subject, see lot 340, Antiquities, Christie's New York, 14 June 1993.

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