LOT 138 ROMAN AGATE MEDUSA CAMEO IN GOLD PENDANT
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Ca. 200-300 AD.A finely carved agate cameo depicting the head of Medusa in a beautiful gold setting, oval in form with engraved zigzag border and an integral suspension loop. The Medusa cameo presents finely delineated details in relief, a beautiful face with snakes and harpy wings in her hair. Setting possibly of a later period. For a similar example see Christie's Lot 290, 7th December 2006.Size: L:29.6mm / W:23mm; 4.41g.Provenance: Property of a London Gentleman; formerly in a private UK collection formed in the the 1990s.
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