Fine Jewellery - 30th October 2019
Lot 1537
A Roman chrome chalcedony domed intaglio depicting a satyr praying to a Herm
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £7000
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Description
A Roman chrome chalcedony domed intaglio depicting a satyr praying to a Herm, c. 1st - 2nd century BC, the satyr seated on a rock under a tree, offering a pedum and plate of fruit to a Herm of Priapus on a garlanded columnar altar, in a later gold ring, intaglio 1.4cm high, ring size R
Provenance: Christie's, 29th October 2003, An English Private Collection of Antiquities, ex lot 97