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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Graeco-Roman, A Greek banded agate intaglio of a ram, circa 1st century BC

Graeco-Roman

A Greek banded agate intaglio of a ram, circa 1st century BC
Agate
Diameter: 1.2 cm
£ 2,000.00
Graeco-Roman, A Greek banded agate intaglio of a ram, circa 1st century BC
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The circular cabochon gem engraved with a leaping image of a ram. Its head turned back to look behind. Condition Minor surface wear.
The circular cabochon gem engraved with a leaping image of a ram. Its head turned back to look behind.


Condition
Minor surface wear.

Provenance

Gustave Mustaki Collection, Alexandria, acquired in the early part of the 20th century and exported to England before 1953

Gustave Mustaki moved from Greece to Alexandria, Egypt, when he was a boy. A fanatic collector from a young age, over his lifetime he amassed a huge collection. Towards the end of the 1940s he applied to the Egyptian government to export his collection. Although the government kept some items of importance, they granted permission for several crates of statuettes and amulets to be shipped to London. The full contents were recorded by by the shippers, on 15th May 1953. Though the process had begun several years earlier, by late 1953 Harrods had received delivery of the cases and the objects were sent to Mustaki's daughter Elsa MacLellan and have been slowly dispersed since
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