Sales catalogue: Christies

Date:
19th April 1921
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/4/143
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Christies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    149 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 16 An oval intaglio, in pale sard, mounted as ring, a moenad before a herma ot Priapus—good Roman work—Marl- borough Collection | The god holds down the arrow in his left band, and carries a bent bow in his right—a 5th Century gem— Marlborough Collection (Cat. 57) An oval intaglio, in orange-red sard of fine transparency, in borough Collections (Cat. Thee. A.9,and Marlb. Cat. 188) it An oval intaglio, on black sard, in gold ring setting, a stooping Silenus looking down while a young Satyr pours a libation over his feet; the design is enclosed in an Etruscan cable border, but the work appears to be Boman of a good period — Marlborough Collectron (Cat. 204) An oval intaglio, on rich orange gard, in ring setting, described in earlier catalogues as “ A Head of Victory ” —good Roman work—Arundel and Marlborough Collec- tions (Cat. Thec. A. 80, and Marlb. Cat. 261) 1 engraved with Gnostic figures and symbols, Mercury, period of gem—in gold ving setting —Marlborough Collec- ton 1 An oval intaglio, in crystal, gold-mounted as ring, Youthful Bacchus with Kantharos and Thyrsos— Renaissance work —Marlborough Collectvon 1 An oval intaglio, in deep orange sard, gold-mounted as ring, a curious gryllus design, perhaps of Mithraic significance ; the figure represents a peacock with bearded human face proceeding from the pird’s breast; a serpent issues from the back, and cow's and ram’s horns from the bird’s gide, inscribed ‘“‘NICE.A.S -p.t,”—Marlborough Collec- twon k An oval intaglio, in orange sard, gold-mounted as ring, a phallic scene before a herma of Silenus—Marlborough Collection 1 ¢ >
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