Lot 79. A Roman gold and glass cameo brooch, Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D. Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 (€3,600 - 4,800). Photo Bonhams.

The oval layered blue and amber glass cameo carved with a sleeping dog, set in a gold mount framed by a band of globular and granule applied decoration with beaded wire outer border, the reverse with a hinged pin and a collection number M186 in red paint, 3.2cm wide 

Provenance: American private collection, Midwest.
Christie's, New York, The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, 09 December 2004, lot 30.
Leo Mildenberg Collection, Switzerland, 1960s-80s.

Literature: A.P. Kozloff (ed.), Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 186.
U. Gehrig (ed.), Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz, 1983, no. 186.

Bonhams. ANTIQUITIES, 7 Jul 2016, 10:30 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET