CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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FOURTEEN ROMAN AMBER COLOURED GLASS INTAGLIOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: pale amber, Thetis waiting at the forge of Vulcan for the shield of Achilles; oracular subject with two figures and a head on the ground; ram with owl on a column; basket with two birds pecking at grapes; banded, Apollo with lyre; Bacchic figure (satyr) leaning against pillar holding bunch of grapes; banded, warrior; comic actor (mounted as pin); Eros standing on a club with a palm to either side; charioteer driving a biga; kneeling warrior; banded, Diomedes holding the Palladion; female seated on ground between branches, bird above; combination Grilloi, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 0.5 to 2 cm. long (14)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: pale amber, Thetis waiting at the forge of Vulcan for the shield of Achilles; oracular subject with two figures and a head on the ground; ram with owl on a column; basket with two birds pecking at grapes; banded, Apollo with lyre; Bacchic figure (satyr) leaning against pillar holding bunch of grapes; banded, warrior; comic actor (mounted as pin); Eros standing on a club with a palm to either side; charioteer driving a biga; kneeling warrior; banded, Diomedes holding the Palladion; female seated on ground between branches, bird above; combination Grilloi, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 0.5 to 2 cm. long (14)
Provenance
Items one-ten: 13 December 1977, lot 71; 7 July 1994, lot 202.
Items eleven-twelve: 13 December 1977, lot 78; 7 July 1994, lot 203.
Items thirteen-fourteen: 13 December 1977, lot 66; 7 July 1994, lot 206.
Items eleven-twelve: 13 December 1977, lot 78; 7 July 1994, lot 203.
Items thirteen-fourteen: 13 December 1977, lot 66; 7 July 1994, lot 206.