拍品專文
For a closely related stone in the British Museum (accession no. G 543, EA 48024) see no. 376 in S. Michel, Die Magischen Gemmen im Britischen Museum.
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CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
細節
A ROMAN HAEMATITE MAGIC GEM
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone engraved on the obverse in two registers, the lower with a uterine symbol atop a seven-bitted key, the upper with two deities and a quadruped, all encircled by an Ouroboros; inscriptions in the field and encircling the snake; the reverse with a uterine symbol and inscriptions in the field; mounted as a ring in a modern gold setting
¾ in. (2 cm.) high; ring size 8
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone engraved on the obverse in two registers, the lower with a uterine symbol atop a seven-bitted key, the upper with two deities and a quadruped, all encircled by an Ouroboros; inscriptions in the field and encircling the snake; the reverse with a uterine symbol and inscriptions in the field; mounted as a ring in a modern gold setting
¾ in. (2 cm.) high; ring size 8
來源
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
注意事項
This lot is offered without reserve.