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A ROMAN SARDONYX CAMEO. LYRE.
A ROMAN SARDONYX CAMEO. LYRE.
1st - 2nd century A.D.
14 x 16 x 5 mm.
A lyre, ribboned, a tortoise-shell sound box. Perhaps commissioned by a poet. Three layered agate-sardonyx. Beautiful execution for the size. Wear marks. Rare.
D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner. J. Boardman, The Beverly Collection og gems at Alnwick Castle, p. 96 n. 87 and 88; Cfr. Cameo from the Farnese coll., Napoli, Museo Archeologico inv. 25922.
Provenance: From the collection of an European gentleman, acquired on the art market