Thirty-two Roman hardstone intaglios Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. Including three examples in jasper, with Diana holding a bow and arrow, flanked by a dog; one with a female profile and another with a male figure dancing next to a tree; eight carnelian intaglios engraved with a winged Eros; a stylised male figure; a winged Nike in profile; an enthroned god holding a staff; two male profiles; a male figure carrying a dish, and a figure wearing a tunic and leaning on a column; a lapis lazuli octagonal intaglio with a male figure wearing a hat and holding a branch; another with the profile of Athena, wearing an helmet; an example in amethyst with a man in profile wearing a crown; five onyx examples with a child's portrait; a male profile and other deities; two of sardonyx, one with a lion and the other with a star; a banded agate example engraved with a stylised bird; six in black stone engraved with various deities and animals, including a profile radiate draped bust of Alexander the Great wearing the horns of Ammon and another with Ouroboros snake encircling a magical symbol; and four other examples in brown and green stone with a winged Eros, an ox and other figures, 9mm - 16mm; and twenty-one After the Antique hardstone intaglios, including a lapis lazuli magical gem engraved with the anguipede deity Abraxas, 9mm - 34mm (53)
Thirty-two Roman hardstone intaglios Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D. Including three examples in jasper, with Diana holding a bow and arrow, flanked by a dog; one with a female profile and another with a male figure dancing next to a tree; eight carnelian intaglios engraved with a winged Eros; a stylised male figure; a winged Nike in profile; an enthroned god holding a staff; two male profiles; a male figure carrying a dish, and a figure wearing a tunic and leaning on a column; a lapis lazuli octagonal intaglio with a male figure wearing a hat and holding a branch; another with the profile of Athena, wearing an helmet; an example in amethyst with a man in profile wearing a crown; five onyx examples with a child's portrait; a male profile and other deities; two of sardonyx, one with a lion and the other with a star; a banded agate example engraved with a stylised bird; six in black stone engraved with various deities and animals, including a profile radiate draped bust of Alexander the Great wearing the horns of Ammon and another with Ouroboros snake encircling a magical symbol; and four other examples in brown and green stone with a winged Eros, an ox and other figures, 9mm - 16mm; and twenty-one After the Antique hardstone intaglios, including a lapis lazuli magical gem engraved with the anguipede deity Abraxas, 9mm - 34mm (53)
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