Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
Auction 86 - Glyptics and Ancient Jewelry sessione unica
Wednesday 9 December 2020 hours 14:00 (UTC +01:00)
A romano-egyptian gold amulet. Aphrodite
A romano-egyptian gold amulet. Aphrodite
1st - 2nd century A.D.
H : 40 mm
3,45 g
Composing with two embossed layers of gold, this hollow figure represents the goddess with a naked bust, the lower part of the body covered by a folded drapery. She standing on a rounded base.
Her arms, touching her hair, she wears bracelets.
Suspension loop on her back. This figure was worn as a pendant.
Parallel: Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of Jewellery, p. 360, n° 3011, 3012
U.K private collection, London.