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LOT 0791
Roman Gemstone with Eros Before Herm
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.58 grams, 12 mm).
Ellipsoid carnelian gemstone with intaglio scene of a Herm beside a peacock with a frond above, facing a putto with a cockerel; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss collection, 1980s onwards.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0791
Roman Gemstone with Eros Before Herm
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
The surface divided into panels by conventional palm-leaf ornament reports often the inscription [CINNAMI]. The letter here left could be the end of the stamp CINNAMI, if we consider the last letter O just an ornament. His work was common throughout Gallia and Britannia. He belongs to a period of great activity at Lezoux, but also to a time when the potteries on the Rhine had to some extent displaced the wares of the south. In Scotland we must associate his wares with the Antonine occupation. -
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3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Translucent aqua glass with moulded texture to the outer face. 209 grams, 16 cm wide
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK. He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
