Antique gems: their origin, uses, and value as interpreters of ancient history; and as illustrative of ancient art: with hints to gem collectors (1866)
King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, J. Murray · leaf 57
Cupid on a hippocampus: Roman Cameo. Onyx. Flate I SCAR AB EI . ^aT> 4^ .yg;L IHi 4 … 13 I. LB ^ ■^: E.SaLin.hi .1-1 ft PLATE I. SCARABEI KKOM THE MeHTKNS-ScHAAFHAUSEN COLLECTION. 1. Female in a long robe liftin<j from the ground a child with deformed legs: probably Iallas and Ericthonius. Etruscan. Sard. 2. Seated Sphinx, above is the royal vulture, in front a palm-tree.…
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