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Cupid crowning Venus (?) Cameo: 1st c. BC; Mount: c. 1660

Sardonyx: white field with brown; double-sided closed gold mount with inner scalloped border surrounding the cameo and outer enamelled openwork frame with polychrome tulips, fritillaries, roses and leaves, slightly concave reverse enamelled with entwined hearts within a laurel wreath in enamel and an undeciphered combination of letters and numbers, two suspension rings pierce the top of the frame | 3.7 x 2.3 cm (cameo) | RCIN 65741

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