CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN SARDONYX CAMEO WITH A BUST OF MINERVA
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) long

Provenance

Art Market, New York.
Ancient Jewelry, Christie's, New York, 8 December 1999, lot 74.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 1 May 2013, lot 222.
with Sotheby's, London.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2020.

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Lot Essay

Minerva (Athena to the Greeks) is depicted wearing her characteristic high-crested helmet and her scaly aegis. For a similar example but with the goddess in profile to the right see no. 130 in M. Henig, The Content Family Collection of Ancient Cameos.

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