Inv. n°: MMoCA722

Roman Agate Cameo of Medusa

Finely carved in high relief. The incised snakes clustering around the head, with feathered wings above set in a modern mount.

h. 23 cm (31 cm with top piece)

c. 2nd century AD

Gold, Agate

Provenance

  • English private collection, acquired in the 1950s-1960s
  • Christie's, Fine Antiquities, London, 8th July 1992, lot 87
  • English private collection, Mr. K. W., England
  • Acquired at Bonhams, Sale 18817 - Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donahue, London, 13th April 2011, lot 193

Publications

  • Christie's, Fine Antiquities, London, 13th April 2011, p. 31, lot no. 87
  • Bonhams, Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donahue - Sale 18817, London, 13th April 2011, p. 104, lot 193

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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