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Lot 258 - Auction 54

An italic carnelian intaglio. Carrier. The porter, comparable to a mighty fighter, is lifting up/carrying a heavy ... Read more
Price realized:
440,00 GBP
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3

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Description

An italic carnelian intaglio. Carrier. The porter, comparable to a mighty fighter, is lifting up/carrying a heavy object, which is non-identifiable. His robust body is naked but for a loincloth. Interesting iconography, presumably referable to the figure of the porter on the type of the "sack carrier" (see terracotta statuettes of the ostians ambit). An engraving carried out trough an energetic and instinctive carving, employing elements similar to globules, through small wheel-tool strokes. A certain grotesque and caricatural element in this character (resembling the egyptian god Bes) cannot be excluded. 1st century B.C.
9 x 12 x 2 mm

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