Lot Essay
Cf. C. Bonner, Studies in Magical Amulets, University of Michigan, 1950, nos. 115-117, pl. 5.
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Details
A GRAECO-EGYPTIAN HAEMATITE MAGICAL INTAGLIO
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Obv. engraved with a figure of a reaper stooping to cut four remaining tall stalks of corn with a sickle, two already cut with the lower stalks only left, he wears a tunic and cap, a leafy tree behind, rev. Greek inscription reading "For the hips", edge chipped
1.3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) across
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Obv. engraved with a figure of a reaper stooping to cut four remaining tall stalks of corn with a sickle, two already cut with the lower stalks only left, he wears a tunic and cap, a leafy tree behind, rev. Greek inscription reading "For the hips", edge chipped
1.3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) across
Provenance
Constantine Alexander Ionides (1833-1900); sold Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1993, lot 86.