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Lot 46*

Three Roman hardstone intaglios

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £960 inc. premium

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Three Roman hardstone intaglios
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
13mm; 11mm; 20mm respectively

Footnotes

Provenance:
Carnelian intaglio (Hercules): Prof. Dr. Ernst Langlotz (1895-1978) collection, Bonn.
Anonymous sale; Jean-David Cahn AG Basel, Auktion 2, 26 June 2000, lot 296 and 302.
Nicolo intaglio (Cupid): Inherited from the grandmother of the present owner in 1986.
Carnelian ovoid bead: with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel.
HCA collection, Basel, acquired from the above 17 December 1968.
Anonymous sale; Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, 9 November 2013, lot 200.
All: Private collection, Switzerland.

Comprising a carnelian intaglio with the head of Hercules, a nicolo intaglio with Cupid, and a carnelian ovoid bead engraved on both sides, with side A depicting a draped male holding a spear and laurel wreath; side B with a standing male figure holding a sword overhead as if to strike the kneeling figure before him.

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