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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
TWO ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL AMULETS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
TWO ROMAN ROCK CRYSTAL AMULETS
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Including a dove sculpted with the wings closed, their tips merging above the tail, the outer edge with vertical ridges, with small indented eyes, incised lines delineating the short beak, a suspension loop centered on its back; and a rabbit seated on its haunches, the forelegs extended, the ears with tear-shaped hollows, the eyes recessed, the mouth delineated by a shallow groove, with drillings on either side for suspension
Dove: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long (2)
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Including a dove sculpted with the wings closed, their tips merging above the tail, the outer edge with vertical ridges, with small indented eyes, incised lines delineating the short beak, a suspension loop centered on its back; and a rabbit seated on its haunches, the forelegs extended, the ears with tear-shaped hollows, the eyes recessed, the mouth delineated by a shallow groove, with drillings on either side for suspension
Dove: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long (2)
Literature
Dove:
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part I, Cleveland, 1981, no. 194.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 194.
Rabbit:
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 186 bis.
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part I, Cleveland, 1981, no. 194.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 194.
Rabbit:
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 186 bis.