ASTA 267 - GLITTICA ASTA 267 - GLITTICA
venerdì 7 luglio 2023 ore 12:30 (UTC +00:00)
A GREEK LATE HELLENISTIC GARNET INTAGLIO. FRONTAL FACE OF ZEUS AMMON.
A GREEK LATE HELLENISTIC GARNET INTAGLIO. FRONTAL FACE OF ZEUS AMMON.
2nd century B.C.
13,5x15x6 mm
Interesting example of late Hellenistic Greek portrait with a deeply carved, almost frontal head of Zeus Ammon (ram's horns) on the typical slightly convex garnet ( concave in the backside). Small missing on the edge and wear marks.
D. Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems, n. 191 (from Oxford, Ashmolean Museum 1892.1508).
Provenance: Formerly in the D.C. collection, London; acquired by an international french collector from the above in the early 2000s.