Roman Cornelian Intaglio set in a Gold Pendant, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Early 1st Century A.D.

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Item No.

34.37380

Culture

Roman, Early 1st Century A.D. 

Item Details.

The oval stone engraved with Jason standing before the golden fleece hanging from a tree before him. The hero is nude, a mantle draped over his shoulder, holding a spear and a shield and wearing a crested helmet, a serpent coiled in the tree, its head raised above the fleece and a cylindrical altar for Zeus Laphystios in the centre, upon which is the head of a ram on a ground line. The stone is set in an elaborate gold open-work pendant. Exquisite. Literature: For the subject compare the cornelian gem in the Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, no. 318 in Richter, Engraved Gems of the Romans.

Provenance: ex. Private collection Mrs. N.N., UK, acquired prior to 2000.

Size

3.6 cm L (including loop) - 1 3/8 inch

Material

Gold and cornelian, total weight= 7.3 grms 

Condition

Intact 

Categories

Jewellery

Price.

US$ 3800

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