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Estimate
GBP (£) 380 - 480
EUR (€) 440 - 560
USD ($) 510 - 640
£210 (EUR 243; USD 281) (+bp*)
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 5/8 in. (2.66 grams total, 7-16 mm).
Mixed group including standing female, perching bird and others; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. [5]
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. for similar gemstones Hoppal, K., 'Roman engraved gems from Southeast Asia' in Bartus D. (ed.), Dissertationes Archaeologicae ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eotvos nominatae, Ser.3 No.9, Budapest, 2021, figs.1,2; 1,5; 2,2 and 2,5.
FOOTNOTES:
Two of the gemstones of the collection show cocks. The motif of fighting or individual cocks was very popular in the classical world, and individual cocks (the animal often associated with gods, such as Mercurius or Sol/Helios) were also often depicted in a standing position. Another gemstone seems to represent a nude figure of Dionysos/Bacchus draped in a long cloak, and another Helios with the radiate crown.
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