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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN ONYX CAMEO
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The oval stone in two layers, white on grayish-black, carved with a sleeping dog curled with his head projecting over his right shoulder, his forepaws stretched forward
9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The oval stone in two layers, white on grayish-black, carved with a sleeping dog curled with his head projecting over his right shoulder, his forepaws stretched forward
9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) long
Literature
A.P. Kozloff, ed., Animals in Ancient Art From the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Cleveland, 1981, no. 185.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 185.
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 185.