2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN DARK GREEN STONE INTAGLIO OF CHNOUBIS
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Cut with radiate lion-headed serpent, with Greek inscription cut around the outside and on reverse, with the triple 'S' device for Chnoubis, in later ring setting
2.1 x. 1.5 cm.; 1.8 cm. across inner hoop

Provenance

Professor Rhousopoulos, Athens.
Collection of James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1827-1905); acquired 1880.

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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, I, p. 146, no. N11., pl. XV.

A catalogue note reads: "larger than usual in size, better in workmanship, and finer in material, being on a richly tinted, dark green plasma".

Cf. S. Michel, Magische Gemmen, München, 2001, pp. 66-72, nos. 64-72 for similar.

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