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A carnelian intaglio and gold ring, Beginning of the 1st century A.D. and later
$ 12,000.00
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The diminutive carnelian plaque engraved with the bust of young Hercules in profile, inclined to the right, with his club in the background, in the manner of the Ancient Greek...
The diminutive carnelian plaque engraved with the bust of young Hercules in profile, inclined to the right, with his club in the background, in the manner of the Ancient Greek engraver Gnaios, within a gold surround with traces of bronze, circa 1st Century A.D. Dimensions 6 x 8 x 2 mm, later mounted onto a gently tapering gold shank.
Parallels: Antike Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen, Band IV, Hannover und Hamburg, n. 1057, 1058; Die Antiken Gemmen des Kunsthistorisches Museum in Wien, band I, p. 165 n. 543.
Parallels: Antike Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen, Band IV, Hannover und Hamburg, n. 1057, 1058; Die Antiken Gemmen des Kunsthistorisches Museum in Wien, band I, p. 165 n. 543.
Literature
For similar examples:Antike Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen, Band IV, Hannover und Hamburg, n. 1057, 1058;
Die Antiken Gemmen des Kunsthistorisches Museum in Wien, band I, p. 165 n. 543.
