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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN NICOLO PASTE INTAGLIO
1ST CENTURY A.D.
Of oval shape (now fragmentary), the translucent dark blue glass upper layer cut with a scene of three deities: Serapis-Pluto seated on a throne wearing chiton and mantle and holding a sceptre, the dog Kerberos by his feet, before him stands a female deity holding a sceptre, Isis-Aphrodite, behind him another female deity probably Ceres-Demeter, two large ears of barley below the cross-hatched groundline, mounted with modern impression
1.3/8 x 1 in. (3.5 x 2.5 cm.)
1ST CENTURY A.D.
Of oval shape (now fragmentary), the translucent dark blue glass upper layer cut with a scene of three deities: Serapis-Pluto seated on a throne wearing chiton and mantle and holding a sceptre, the dog Kerberos by his feet, before him stands a female deity holding a sceptre, Isis-Aphrodite, behind him another female deity probably Ceres-Demeter, two large ears of barley below the cross-hatched groundline, mounted with modern impression
1.3/8 x 1 in. (3.5 x 2.5 cm.)