CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
TWELVE ROMAN COLOURED GLASS INTAGLIOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: opaque black banded, Etruscanising subject, two warriors with four horses; amber, head of young Hercules wearing lionskin; amber, sphinx overcoming warrior; purple, horse approaching palm tree; pale purple, eagle fighting serpent; purple, standing man and woman; amber, low relief, mourning figures; amber, garlanded altar; amber, oracle scene; amber, Eros pulled in chariot by birds; banded amber, portrait head, probably the young Octavian; amber, goddess Roma(?) arm resting on shield, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 0.5 to 1.5 cm. long (12)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: opaque black banded, Etruscanising subject, two warriors with four horses; amber, head of young Hercules wearing lionskin; amber, sphinx overcoming warrior; purple, horse approaching palm tree; pale purple, eagle fighting serpent; purple, standing man and woman; amber, low relief, mourning figures; amber, garlanded altar; amber, oracle scene; amber, Eros pulled in chariot by birds; banded amber, portrait head, probably the young Octavian; amber, goddess Roma(?) arm resting on shield, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 0.5 to 1.5 cm. long (12)
Provenance
Items one-four: 13 December 1977, lot 65; 7 July 1994, lot 207.
Items five-eleven: 13 December 1977, lot 68; 7 July 1994, lot 208.
Item twelve: 13 December 1977, lot 67; 7 July 1994, lot 210.
Items five-eleven: 13 December 1977, lot 68; 7 July 1994, lot 208.
Item twelve: 13 December 1977, lot 67; 7 July 1994, lot 210.