CIRCA 27-14 B.C.

Details

A ROMAN GREEN GLASS INTAGLIO WITH PEGASUS
CIRCA 27-14 B.C.
26 mm. wide

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

For an identical Augustan gem in the British Museum (inv. no. 1923,0401.703), engraved with Pegasus galloping to the left with wings addorsed, see H. B. Walters, Catalogue of Engraved Gems & Cameos, Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the British Museum, London, 1926, no. 3114.

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