拍品专文
Cf. G. M. A. Richter, Engraved Gems of the Romans, London, 1971, pp. 147-148, nos 691-693 for Skylax; and D. Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems, Oxford, 1999, p. 75ff. and p. 121, pl. 39, no. 237 for the type.
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CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
细节
A GRAECO-ROMAN GLASS IMITATING GARNET INTAGLIO WITH GREEK SIGNATURE OF SKYLAX
CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The oval intaglio with characteristic concave reverse, the front deeply engraved with a standing nude figure of Mercury gazing towards his right, with weight on his left leg, leaning his right elbow against a low pillar which is moulded above and below, the god wearing a leafy wreath, a cloak fastened around his neck and folded over his right arm falling in zigzag pleats, a kerykeion in his left hand, the musculature of the torso and the facial features finely modelled, a six letter Greek signature along the edge of the intaglio near the pillar
.7/8 in. (2.1 cm.) long
CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The oval intaglio with characteristic concave reverse, the front deeply engraved with a standing nude figure of Mercury gazing towards his right, with weight on his left leg, leaning his right elbow against a low pillar which is moulded above and below, the god wearing a leafy wreath, a cloak fastened around his neck and folded over his right arm falling in zigzag pleats, a kerykeion in his left hand, the musculature of the torso and the facial features finely modelled, a six letter Greek signature along the edge of the intaglio near the pillar
.7/8 in. (2.1 cm.) long