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Intaglio: Imperial Eagle, c. 1–25 CE, Italy, Rome, probably Augustan

Intaglio: Imperial Eagle, c. 1–25 CE, Italy, Rome, probably Augustan. Carnelian. Diameter: 3.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.13. According to the Roman author Pliny, ancient carnelian was primarily sourced from...

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Tags: Archéologie & Antiquiities, Intaglio, Imperial Eagle, Rome, Augustan, Carnelian

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24 janvier 2025

Finger Ring with Intaglio Depicting the Head of a Woman, Roman, 1st century?

Finger Ring with Intaglio Depicting the Head of a Woman, Roman, 1st century?. Sardonyx or carnelian, gold. Diam.: 1.9 cm; Ring W: W.: 1.9 cm; Cameo: 1.1 × 1.4 × 0.3 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Janis H. Palmer, 1986.896.

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Tags: Intaglio, Roman, Finger Ring, Sardonyx, Carnelian

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16 janvier 2023

Ancient Engraved Gems formely from the Giorgio Sangiorgi Collection sold at Christie's London

Lot 91. A Greco-Persian violet chalcedony scaraboid with a lion-griffin, Classical court style, circa 5th century B.C.; 15⁄16 in. (2.4 cm.) wide. Lot sold: GBP 100,800 ( Estimate: GBP 20,000 – GBP 30,000 ) . © Christie's 2022 Provenance: Giorgio Sangiorgi...

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Tags: Chalcedony, Etruscan art, Roman, carnelian, scaraboid, Greco-Persian, Epicurus, Giorgio Sangiorgi Collection, Robinson collection

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2 août 2021

Italian, circa 1540, The Arundel Zodiac

Lot 11. Italian, circa 1540, The Arundel Zodiac, carnelian, within a mid 16th-century, emamelled gold pendant mount set with diamonds and rubies, intaglio: 43mm., 1 3/4 in., 116mm., 4 1/2 in. overall. Estimate: 120,000 - 180,000 GBP. Lot sold: 559,500...

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Tags: Italian, carnelian, circa 1540, The Arundel Zodiac

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28 août 2017

Pair of Achaemenid Gold Bracelets with Winged-caprid Termini with Cloisonne Inlay, mid-6th-4th century B.C.E.

Pair of Achaemenid Gold Bracelets with Winged-caprid Termini with Cloisonne Inlay, mid-6th-4th century B.C.E. Gold with lapis lazuli and carnelian inlay, W. 11.1 cm. each © Miho Museum These two magnificent bracelets are said to have originally belonged...

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Tags: gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, Achaemenid, mid-6th-4th century B.C.E., Bracelet with Winged-caprid Termini

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28 août 2017

Achaemenid Gold Bracelet with Inlaid Termini in the Form of Duck's Heads, mid-6th-4th century B.C.E.

Achaemenid Gold Bracelet with Inlaid Termini in the Form of Duck's Heads, mid-6th-4th century B.C.E. Gold with lapis lazuli, agate, and carnelian inlay, W. 8 cm. © Miho Museum The massive bracelet is more or less a smaller, simplified version of catalogue...

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Tags: agate, gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, Achaemenid, Bracelet with Inlaid Termini in the Form of Duck's Heads, mid-6th-4th century B.C.E.

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18 février 2014

Necklace of carved carnelian, granules, diamonds and sterling by Bruce Hartman of Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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Tags: carnelian, Bruce Hartman, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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29 juillet 2013

Antique Gold, Banded Carnelian and Moss Agate Bracelet

Antique Gold, Banded Carnelian and Moss Agate Bracelet. Photo Doyle New York Composed of 10 alternating rectangular plaques of banded carnelian and moss agate, within gold frames of conforming shape, flanked by a stylized scroll motif, backed in gold,...

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Tags: 1860, carnelian, Moss Agate

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23 décembre 2012

Cameo: Triumph of Dionysus, Alexandria. 1st century BC.

Cameo: Triumph of Dionysus, Alexandria, 1st century BC. Sardonyx (on carnelian plaque), 4.2 x 2.7 cm

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Tags: sardonyx, cameo, Alexandria, carnelian, 1st century BC, Dionysus

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4 novembre 2012

A Carved Carnelian 'Longevity' Vase Group. Late Qing Dynasty

A Carved Carnelian 'Longevity' Vase Group. Late Qing Dynasty - Photo Sotheby's naturalistically hollowed in the form of two adjacent sections of a tree trunk, the exterior carved in high relief with gnarled branches of pine, peach andlingzhi, the stone...

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Tags: Longevity, Qing dynasty, carnelian

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