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Lot 232 - Auction 43

Roman intaglio in red agate. Wounded boar.
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500,00 GBP
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Roman intaglio in red agate. Wounded boar.

Roman red agate intaglio. Wounded boar. The young animal is hit to death by a spear on its hip and it is dying. Interesting stylistic composition of the hirsute hair. Base line. The iconography of the wounded boar (usually depicted running) is attested in the Greek-Persian glyptics and also in some later Roman coin productions (denarius of C. Hosidius C.f. Geta, Roma, 68 B.C.). mm 16 x 12 x 3
1st century B.C. – 1st century A.D.
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