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LOT 0663
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Standing Deity Between Doors
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.76 grams, 13 mm).
Brownish-orange intaglio with incuse scene of a deity standing beneath an arch with two open doors, flanked by two standards, tiled floor below; accompanied by a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
London collection, acquired on the UK art market.
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LOT 0663
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Standing Deity Between Doors
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Roman Red Jasper Female Bust Intaglio
1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Oval intaglio with an incuse draped profile bust of a young female with her hair pulled into a chignon. 0.6 grams, 12 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, Suffolk. -
Roman Carnelian Gemstone Group
Circa 1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Ellipsoid type with two standing figures, broken; plano-convex type with a perching bird. 1 grams total, 9 mm each
Property of a European gentleman, acquired from the estate of a London collector (formed before 2000). -
Roman Gold Ring with Greek Boar Gem
4th century B.C.-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Hollow-formed and widening at the shoulders to a high elliptical bezel set with a black and white banded glass intaglio imitating striped sardonyx, depicting a running boar in profile on a baseline; Greek letters KΠ on the surface under the boar; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.93 grams, 22.40 mm overall, 15.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
Ex private collection, Contessa L.G., since the 1980s. Private collection, acquired in 1997.
The motif and style, a running boar with a tube-like body, seem to fit into Boardman's Wyndham Cook Group, and could be ascribed to the Graeco-Persian period, despite the fact that the gemstone was later incorporated into a Roman ring.
