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LOT 160:
Roman Julio-Claudian Agate Bowl
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Start price:
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1,800
Estimated price :
$1,800 - $2,400
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Roman Julio-Claudian Agate Bowl
1st century BC- early 1st century AD
A group of carved banded agate bowl fragments in a sympathetic modern transparent matrix, with slot below the rim. 180 grams, 15cm (6"). Fine condition, with museum quality restoration.
Provenance
From a private family collection, 1980s; previously with Pierre Bergé & Associates, Paris, 29 November 2014 [10,000-12,000 euros]; supplied with geologic report No. TL005197, by geologic consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz, and copies of the relevant Pierre Bergé catalogue pages.
