Roman Chalcedony Gemstone with Nude Male

2ND CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (0.88 grams, 15 mm).

Oval with an engraved standing nude god in contrapposto facing left, holding a short sceptre and a shield.

Provenance

Ex London, UK, art dealer, 1985-1990.
with Bonhams, 1 May 2008, no.309 (part).

Literature

For similar, see Henig, M., A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British sites, Oxford, 1978, items 38-47.

CONDITION

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