Lot Essay
Cf. A. P. Kozloff (ed.), Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981, pp. 196-198, nos. 184-186 for similar.
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A Roman banded agate cameo of a sleeping Molossian hound
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The hound realistically cut in the white layer with shaggy neck fur, facing left with its head resting on its front paws which stretch forwards, set in an oval gold mount
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) across max.
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The hound realistically cut in the white layer with shaggy neck fur, facing left with its head resting on its front paws which stretch forwards, set in an oval gold mount
¾ in. (1.9 cm.) across max.