19 Ancient to Antique Intaglio Carved Gems
Ranging from Ancient Roman period to 18th Century, carved in various agates and glass. Identified examples listed as follows (but by no means exhaustive): 1) Carnelian agate intaglio of a youth holding his armor and with shield in front of him, Greek or Etruscan, 5th Century B.C. 2) Carnelian agate intaglio of a rooster and cornucopia, Roman 3) Red jasper intaglio of a lion subduing a rabbit, with an eagle on a rock looking over him. 4) Bloodstone jasper of a lion, Roman 5) Very fine carnelian agate of a nymph or maenad, Neo-Classical European 18th-early 19th Century 6) Carnelian agate intaglio of a head, Roman 7) Carnelian agate intaglio of the head of Jupiter, Roman or later 8) Carnelian intaglio of a bird clutching an object in its beak, Roman 9) Glass cast of an intaglio of the winged Eros with is bow, original gem Greek 4th Century B.C., likely 18th Century, Tassie, mounted as a silver watch fob 10) Banded glass intaglio of a man, Roman 11) Agate intaglio of the head of Serapis, Roman 12) Agate intaglio of Nike driving her chariot, Roman garnet intaglio of a hippocamp, Roman 13) Glass cast of a Roman intaglio of singing maenad, Bacchante, 18th Century 14) Cut down agate fragment of a gem with a running nymph, Neo-Classical European, 18th Century 15)Carnelian agate intaglio of an actor holding a mask, Roman 16) Agate intaglio of a vase, Roman
Condition
Age appropriate wear.
Ranging from Ancient Roman period to 18th Century, carved in various agates and glass. Identified examples listed as follows (but by no means exhaustive): 1) Carnelian agate intaglio of a youth holding his armor and with shield in front of him, Greek or Etruscan, 5th Century B.C. 2) Carnelian agate intaglio of a rooster and cornucopia, Roman 3) Red jasper intaglio of a lion subduing a rabbit, with an eagle on a rock looking over him. 4) Bloodstone jasper of a lion, Roman 5) Very fine carnelian agate of a nymph or maenad, Neo-Classical European 18th-early 19th Century 6) Carnelian agate intaglio of a head, Roman 7) Carnelian agate intaglio of the head of Jupiter, Roman or later 8) Carnelian intaglio of a bird clutching an object in its beak, Roman 9) Glass cast of an intaglio of the winged Eros with is bow, original gem Greek 4th Century B.C., likely 18th Century, Tassie, mounted as a silver watch fob 10) Banded glass intaglio of a man, Roman 11) Agate intaglio of the head of Serapis, Roman 12) Agate intaglio of Nike driving her chariot, Roman garnet intaglio of a hippocamp, Roman 13) Glass cast of a Roman intaglio of singing maenad, Bacchante, 18th Century 14) Cut down agate fragment of a gem with a running nymph, Neo-Classical European, 18th Century 15)Carnelian agate intaglio of an actor holding a mask, Roman 16) Agate intaglio of a vase, Roman
Condition
Age appropriate wear.