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Oval intaglio with flat face and back. A mounted jockey wearing a short tunic and carrying a whip gallops to the right. A short ground line beneath the horse's hind legs. Underneath the horse, an inscription within a tabula ansata: Apollo[nios?] F[ecit] ("Apollonios made it/me").

Details

  • Title: Intaglio with Mounted Jockey
  • Physical Dimensions: 5/16 x 7/16 x 1/16 in. (0.8 x 1.1 x 0.2 cm)
  • Provenance: With Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, Switzerland. Ex coll. Michael Shubin, California.
  • Rights: © Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Bruce M. White
  • External Link: https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/24864/
  • Medium: Chalcedony var. cornelian
  • Art Movement: Roman
  • Period/Style: late Republic - early Imperial
  • Dates: 1st Century BC
  • Classification: Greek and Roman Art

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