A ROMAN CORNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH SACRO-IDYLLIC SCENE
AUGUSTAN, LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C./EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With priapic herm between a satyr and a standing draped female figure, the satyr to the right seated in relaxed pose on a rock, wearing a fillet and holding a thyrsos, the woman facing left holds out a dish and jug, the central column surmounted by a herm, a sacred tree behind, a fillet in the field, in later ring setting
1.4 x 1.1 cm.; 1.7 cm. across inner hoop
A ROMAN CORNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH SACRO-IDYLLIC SCENE
AUGUSTAN, LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C./EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
With priapic herm between a satyr and a standing draped female figure, the satyr to the right seated in relaxed pose on a rock, wearing a fillet and holding a thyrsos, the woman facing left holds out a dish and jug, the central column surmounted by a herm, a sacred tree behind, a fillet in the field, in later ring setting
1.4 x 1.1 cm.; 1.7 cm. across inner hoop
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