Red jasper intaglio with hippalektryon. Roman. 1st-2nd centuries CE.

Electronic Auction 540
Lot: 869. Estimated: $ 750

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Sold For $ 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Red jasper intaglio with hippalektryon. Roman. 1st-2nd centuries CE. (16 mm) An intaglio with an engraving of a complex gryllos showing a horse head facing right atop a bald, bearded man’s face facing right, a cornucopia next to a ram’s head to the left facing downwards, wheat shafts falling from the ram’s mouth. Below, a pair of chicken legs and a shaft of wheat to lower right is present. Intact. Very rare.


Closing Date and Time: 15 June 2023 at 13:25:00 ET.

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