CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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EIGHTEEN ROMAN COLOURED GLASS INTAGLIOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: colourless, Eros holding butterfly behind his back; amber, two figures driving a chariot, one of them Eros; banded amber, female figure seated on protome of a cow and goat; pale amber, inscribed 'AMA'; purple, Fortuna holding a Victory; pale blue, Eros chasing butterfly; amber, four philosophers; amber, Eros leaning on an amphora; amber, lion; banded green and blue, lion attacking bull; amber, crouching Victory; blue, sleeping animal, possibly a hound; banded blue and green, Venus(?) with Cupid; amber, bearded head of Silenus with horse's head and neck superimposed; amber, head of Octavian between two palms and two ears of corn with capricorn within signet ring below; amber, man running alongside a horse; purple, Silenus seated on his rock; amber, horseman holding shield and lance charging, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 0.8 to 2.1 cm. long (18)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: colourless, Eros holding butterfly behind his back; amber, two figures driving a chariot, one of them Eros; banded amber, female figure seated on protome of a cow and goat; pale amber, inscribed 'AMA'; purple, Fortuna holding a Victory; pale blue, Eros chasing butterfly; amber, four philosophers; amber, Eros leaning on an amphora; amber, lion; banded green and blue, lion attacking bull; amber, crouching Victory; blue, sleeping animal, possibly a hound; banded blue and green, Venus(?) with Cupid; amber, bearded head of Silenus with horse's head and neck superimposed; amber, head of Octavian between two palms and two ears of corn with capricorn within signet ring below; amber, man running alongside a horse; purple, Silenus seated on his rock; amber, horseman holding shield and lance charging, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 0.8 to 2.1 cm. long (18)
Provenance
Items one-nine: 13 December 1977, lot 82; 7 July 1994, lot 204.
Items ten-eighteen: 13 December 1977, lot 79; 7 July 1994, lot 205.
Items ten-eighteen: 13 December 1977, lot 79; 7 July 1994, lot 205.