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

Details

A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A BUST OF HYGEIA
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
11/16 in. (1.8 cm.) long

Provenance

Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.

Literature

J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 210, no. 196.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The personification of health shown as a profile three-quarters bust, a wreath in her hair, wearing a chiton and voluminous himation wrapped around her waist, holding out an offering dish with her father's snake looped up in front.

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