A ROMAN BANDED AGATE RINGSTONE

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN BANDED AGATE RINGSTONE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
The large flat oval stone engraved with Pan seated on a rock, a long pedum over his shoulder, contemplating a theater mask held out before him, the god with goat legs and a muscular human torso, his horned head with wavy hair, pointed ears and a short beard, on a groundline
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long

Provenance

Private Collection, Austria, acquired in the 1980s.

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Lot Essay

For the subject compare the carnelian ringstone now in the Getty Villa, no. 623 in Boardman, The Marlborough Gems. Both display the same robust style; the only difference is that on the Getty gem, Pan shoulders a thyrsus rather than a pedum.

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