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5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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A FINE GREEK CHALCEDONY INTAGLIO
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The domed oval intaglio with a running boar, a spear with looped side handle beneath, finely worked details, ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) long; five Roman Imperial cornelian intaglios, Tyche and Nike, another similar with Nike holding up wreath before Tyche, a winged figure of Nike-Tyche, and a figure of Ceres; two Roman garnet intaglios, one with Cupid chasing the butterfly Psyche; a Sassanian intaglio with a hyena attacking a fallen zebu; a Sassanian domed garnet intaglio with human-headed winged bull, star and crescent in the field; two Sassanian cornelian intaglios, all 1st-5th Century A.D., ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) long max.; and four hardstone intaglios of mainly later date (16)
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The domed oval intaglio with a running boar, a spear with looped side handle beneath, finely worked details, ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) long; five Roman Imperial cornelian intaglios, Tyche and Nike, another similar with Nike holding up wreath before Tyche, a winged figure of Nike-Tyche, and a figure of Ceres; two Roman garnet intaglios, one with Cupid chasing the butterfly Psyche; a Sassanian intaglio with a hyena attacking a fallen zebu; a Sassanian domed garnet intaglio with human-headed winged bull, star and crescent in the field; two Sassanian cornelian intaglios, all 1st-5th Century A.D., ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) long max.; and four hardstone intaglios of mainly later date (16)
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