Los Nr. 186 - Auction 86

Los Nr. 186

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A fine citrine quartz roman intaglio. Bust of Africa - Lybia. 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.9,5 x 13 x 5 mmBust of Lybia - Africa in ... Weiter
Ergebnis:
5.500,00 GBP
Gebote:
26

Gebote

Status:
geschl. Auktion

Beschreibung

A fine citrine quartz roman intaglio. Bust of Africa - Lybia.

1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.

9,5 x 13 x 5 mm

Bust of Lybia - Africa in almost full front view, slightly in three-quarters. She wears an animal skin knotted on the chest and the hide of an elephant's head as a headdress. Long hair descend to her shoulder. An expressive face with almost three-dimensional relief effect , engraved with a very deep intaglio. Extraordinary vivid color of the stone, of a great purity and brightness. Mirror polishing. High thickness of the stone with convex back. Rare.

Parallels: G.M.A. Richter, p. 87 n. 383; cf. Furtwangler, Berl. Kat.,nos. 4883 ff. and A.G. pl. XXVI, 20, pl. XLI, 47. The same subject occurs also in coins

U.K., private collection 70's, in the same family since then.
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