CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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FOURTEEN ROMAN COLOURED GLASS INTAGLIOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: opaque black, sphinx; banded opaque black, female with blowing veil, Venus(?); banded amber, portrait bust of Hellenistic ruler(?); amber, Zeus with sceptre and eagle; pale purple, gryllus (head combined with eagle); banded opaque black, group of domestic animals; amber, warrior on horseback; amber, trophy; amber, Acteon being torn by his hound; purple, cattle under tree; amber, Cupid erecting a trophy; amber, Diomedes with the Palladion; deep purple, Zeus Ammon with ram's horns; amber, Troilus watering two horses in front of herm, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 0.5 to 1.9 cm. long (14)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Comprising: opaque black, sphinx; banded opaque black, female with blowing veil, Venus(?); banded amber, portrait bust of Hellenistic ruler(?); amber, Zeus with sceptre and eagle; pale purple, gryllus (head combined with eagle); banded opaque black, group of domestic animals; amber, warrior on horseback; amber, trophy; amber, Acteon being torn by his hound; purple, cattle under tree; amber, Cupid erecting a trophy; amber, Diomedes with the Palladion; deep purple, Zeus Ammon with ram's horns; amber, Troilus watering two horses in front of herm, all mounted in plain metal rings
Intaglios 0.5 to 1.9 cm. long (14)
Provenance
Items one-eight: 13 December 1977, lot 73; 7 July 1994, lot 211.
Items nine-fourteen: 13 December 1977, lot 69; 7 July 1994, lot 212.
Items nine-fourteen: 13 December 1977, lot 69; 7 July 1994, lot 212.