Lotto 65 | A LARGE GREEK LATE HELLENISTIC CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. STANDING FEMALE FIGURE.

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A LARGE GREEK LATE HELLENISTIC CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. STANDING FEMALE FIGURE.

A LARGE GREEK LATE HELLENISTIC CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. STANDING FEMALE FIGURE.

2nd century B.C.

20x33x6 mm

This large intaglio is part of the late Hellenistic Greek production characterized by this typical stylization with linear engraved details and elongated figures (Plantzos classified it in the "Class of Late Hellenistic Intaglios" close to the "Gems for the Masses" with gods and humans subjects). The figure is standing, facing left, dressed in chiton and hymation, in the act of holding a sword in its scabbard with the right hand, and leaning the elbow of the left arm against a small column for support, holding a spear (or a long sceptre). Probably a Venus. The gem is characterized by an elongated and convex oval shape. Slight wear marks.

D. Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems, n. 309 to 320.

Provenance: The Gustave Mustaki collection, exported from Egypt under licence c.1950 and gifted to Elsa MacLellan, his daughter, thence by descent.