Lot 444
444
A ROMAN CORNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH CUPID AND A BUTTERFLY, the nude winged figure sitting on a rock trying to catch with his wreath the butterfly which represents Psyche, in modern gold ring setting, circa 1st Century B.C.

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A ROMAN CORNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH CUPID AND A BUTTERFLY, the nude winged figure sitting on a rock trying to catch with his wreath the butterfly which represents Psyche, in modern gold ring setting, circa 1st Century B.C.
intaglio 1cm. long
Finger size M

Lot Essay

Cf. M. Henig, A Corpus of Roman engraved gemstones from British sites, British Archaeological Reports 8 (2nd ed.), Oxford, 1978, p. 201, nos. 119-123 for other intaglios with Cupid and Psyche as a butterfly

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