A GREEK CARNELIAN RING STONE
A GREEK CARNELIAN RING STONE

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.

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A GREEK CARNELIAN RING STONE
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
The slightly convex oval stone engraved with a head of Dionysus in profile, his hair rolled back at the sides, two tendrils falling onto his shoulder, the individual strands of hair finely detailed, crowned with an ivy wreath, his lidded eyes beneath heavy brows, with a straight nose, fleshy mouth and rounded chin
in. (1.8 cm.) wide
來源
Swiss Art Market, 1982.

拍品專文

This stone is likely a portrait of a Ptolemaic ruler in the guise of Dionysus. For a similar example, see no. 26 in Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems.