CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN PALE BLUE GLASS INTAGLIO OF HERCULES
CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY A.D.
28 mm. long max

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

Representations of Hercules in profile wearing the lion skin are common in both cameos and intaglios of this period. For a similar example of a sardonyx intaglio, cf. J. Spier, A Catalogue of the Calouste Goulbenkian Collection of Gems, Lisbon, 2001, no. 26.

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