Lot Essay
Item one: cf. B. Y. Berry, Ancient Gems from the Collection of Burton Y. Berry, Indiana University Art Museum, 1968, p. 115, no. 209 for similar.
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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN SARD INTAGLIO OF HERMES
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Cut with draped bust of Hermes wearing a diadem, kerykeion behind shoulder, set in an ancient bronze ring bezel, encased in later ring setting, 1.5 x 1.1 cm., 2.1 cm. across inner hoop; a sardonyx intaglio with a male bust shown in profile, wearing wreath in his hair and drapery around the neck, 1.6 x 1.2 cm., 2.3 cm. across inner hoop; and a cornelian intaglio engraved with a male portrait with long beard, wearing laurel wreath tied at the back, 1.6 x 1.1 cm., 1.8 cm. across inner hoop, both in later ring settings (3)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Cut with draped bust of Hermes wearing a diadem, kerykeion behind shoulder, set in an ancient bronze ring bezel, encased in later ring setting, 1.5 x 1.1 cm., 2.1 cm. across inner hoop; a sardonyx intaglio with a male bust shown in profile, wearing wreath in his hair and drapery around the neck, 1.6 x 1.2 cm., 2.3 cm. across inner hoop; and a cornelian intaglio engraved with a male portrait with long beard, wearing laurel wreath tied at the back, 1.6 x 1.1 cm., 1.8 cm. across inner hoop, both in later ring settings (3)
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