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Lot 143 - Auction 107

A roman carnelian intaglio set in a gold stick pin. Female figure with attributes.
Estimate:
800,00/1.000,00 £
Starting price:
600,00 GBP
Price realized:
1.000,00 GBP
Bids:
3

Bids

Lot status:
Auction closed

Description

A roman carnelian intaglio set in a gold stick pin. Female figure with attributes.

1st century A.D.


Stone 14 x 18 mm; H. 66 mm; 4 gr


With rounded hoop, flatten within, extending with broader shoulders on an oval bezel set with a red jasper intaglio. The scene depicts a seated woman, turned left. She wears a chiton and hold a cornucopia, poppy flower and ear of corn in her hands. At her feet, a rudder. Groundline. Signs of wears on the surface of the stone.




Female allegorical figure, with attributes. Probably Artemis, goddess of the Moon and Hunt. The draped figure, frontally depicted, is crowned by a Victory; two dogs and a pray close her feet. She is depicted holding two ears of wheat and a fasces (fascio littorio?), with two cornucopiae on the top. Chips on the edge. Rare.

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