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The Persian Sibyl, by Silvia Sterne, signed, circa 1775.

Rectangular, 14.5cm, in an ormolu frame with ribbon-tie surmount.

Sibyls were prophetesses, or oracles, of the Ancient world.

The Persian sibyl is said to have prophesied the campaigns of Alexander the Great.

REFERENCE: MIN0057

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