Large Post-Classical Agate Gemstone Depicting a Double Portrait of Hellenistic Rulers

19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

1 1/4 in. (7.37 grams, 31 mm).

Intaglio jugate busts of a bearded male with browband in the foreground and female bust to the rear with diadem; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

with Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, 2022.
Private collection, England.

Footnotes

The image portrays human rulers as Zeus and Hera/Jupiter and Juno.

CONDITION

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