2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A GRAECO-EGYPTIAN BLACK HARDSTONE MAGICAL INTAGLIO OF SERAPIS
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
With figure of Serapis enthroned, one hand extended holding patera over the head of a lion(?), the other holding an upright sceptre, seated in a sun barque with falcon perched on prow and stern, each crowned with persea leaf, in later ring setting
1.2 x 1.6 cm.; 1.8 cm. across inner hoop

Provenance

Montigny collection.
W. Talbot Ready collection.
Collection of James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1827-1905); acquired Talbot Ready, 1887.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Lady Helena Carnegie (ed.), Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, Ninth Earl of Southesk, K.T., London, 1908, pp. 119-120, pl. X, no. K2.

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