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LOT 0166
Roman Gemstone with Goddess Demeter
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.40 grams, 18 mm).
On burnt sard or carnelian, the goddess fully draped, seated on a throne without a back and holding out wheat ears in her hand over what seems like a small conical altar with horns.
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.
Literature
Cf. Osborne, D., Engraved gems, Signets, Talismans and ornamental intaglios, ancient and modern, New York, 1912, pl.XXIII, no.2, p.362, for similar.
Footnotes
Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, maternal relationships and fertility, and represents transition, motherhood and nurture. She was also the only one of ancient Rome's agricultural deities to be listed amongst the Dii Consentes, the Roman equivalent to the Twelve Olympians of Greek mythology.
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LOT 0166
Roman Gemstone with Goddess Demeter
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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