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Engraved gems/sealstone/intaglio. A love-scene, with Hercules and Omphale on a bed covered with the lion-skin. Mount: silver swivel-ring, type 3. Intaglio cutting, sard, height 19 mm, width 15.5 mm, circa 1500- circa 1700.
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