CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

THREE ROMAN GLASS INTAGLIOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
29 mm. long max.

Provenance

G. Sangiorgi collection (1886-1965), Rome.
Private collection, Monaco, 1970s; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

The Nereid riding a hippocamp represents Thetis, the sea-nymph and mother of Achilles, who carried new armour to her son during the Trojan war. The cobalt blue glass intaglio depicts another well known myth - Europa clinging to the bull. For the type see inv. no 1814,0704.2758 in the British Museum. The profile head of Athena shows her wearing a fine helmet ornamented with the figure of Scylla raising her right hand in the gesture of aposkopein.

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