Roma antica Bronzo Dorato Perone del delfino
N. 83488339
Roma antica Eliotropio Intaglio in eliotropio - 1.2 cm
N. 83488339
Roma antica Eliotropio Intaglio in eliotropio - 1.2 cm
The oval stone with Sol, wearing a radiate crown and chlamys across his chest and billowing behind, driving a chariot, his left arm raised and holding an orb (?), the horses galloping to the left, on groundline,
1.1cm long
Note
See G.M.A. Richter, Engraved Gems of the Romans, London, 1971, p. 32, no. 85 for a similar depiction on a mottled agate intaglio at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Cf. also a mottled jasper intaglio in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, for a comparable depiction of radiate Sol holding an orb, though here the quadriga faces frontally (acc. no. 81.6.297)
Provenance
with Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, acquired 27 May 1974.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Condition
The intaglio is in very good condition, with only minor surface wear, including light scratching, overall.
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