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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
ELEVEN ROMAN RING STONES AND AMULETS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
ELEVEN ROMAN RING STONES AND AMULETS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Including one of carnelian engraved with a feline reclining to the right, its head turned frontal; one of red jasper engraved with a lion in profile to the left, inscribed KP A; one of agate engraved with the head of a sheep facing left; one of mottled red jasper engraved with a scorpion; one of carnelian engraved with a camel carrying a basket hanging from its mouth; one of banded agate engraved with a goat raised up on its hind legs beside a tree; one of carnelian engraved with a rabbit raised up on its hind legs, a staff or club in its forepaws, a dog approaching from the right; one of gold, the thin oval plaque engraved with a shrimp, the plaque once likely set into a stone finger ring; and one of yellow chalcedony engraved with a fly; together with a carnelian amulet in the form of a fly, the body perforated for suspension; and a brown chalcedony fish pendant with an open mouth, details of the eyes and fins delineated, perforated for suspension
First: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) wide (11)
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Including one of carnelian engraved with a feline reclining to the right, its head turned frontal; one of red jasper engraved with a lion in profile to the left, inscribed KP A; one of agate engraved with the head of a sheep facing left; one of mottled red jasper engraved with a scorpion; one of carnelian engraved with a camel carrying a basket hanging from its mouth; one of banded agate engraved with a goat raised up on its hind legs beside a tree; one of carnelian engraved with a rabbit raised up on its hind legs, a staff or club in its forepaws, a dog approaching from the right; one of gold, the thin oval plaque engraved with a shrimp, the plaque once likely set into a stone finger ring; and one of yellow chalcedony engraved with a fly; together with a carnelian amulet in the form of a fly, the body perforated for suspension; and a brown chalcedony fish pendant with an open mouth, details of the eyes and fins delineated, perforated for suspension
First: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) wide (11)
Literature
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 186 c (fly amulet), no. 186 d (shrimp).
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 96 (fly), 107 (lion), no. 150 (sheep head).
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 10 (scorpion), no. 14 (fish pendant); no. 163 (feline).
J. Biers, ed., A Peaceable Kingdom, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part VI, Mainz am Rhein, 2004, no. 69 (camel).
A.P. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part II, Mainz am Rhein, 1986, no. 96 (fly), 107 (lion), no. 150 (sheep head).
A.S. Walker, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 10 (scorpion), no. 14 (fish pendant); no. 163 (feline).
J. Biers, ed., A Peaceable Kingdom, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part VI, Mainz am Rhein, 2004, no. 69 (camel).