A CHARMING ROMAN INTAGLIO OF A DRUNKEN MAENAD(?), 2ND-3RD CENTURY AD A CHARMING ROMAN INTAGLIO OF A DRUNKEN MAENAD(?), 2ND-3RD CENTURY AD A CHARMING ROMAN INTAGLIO OF A DRUNKEN MAENAD(?), 2ND-3RD CENTURY AD

A CHARMING ROMAN INTAGLIO OF A DRUNKEN MAENAD(?), 2ND-3RD CENTURY AD

Reference: ART6001155

This charming intaglio shows a drunken maenad holding an amphora/hydria while reposing on what looks like a bed a straw. In front of her an amor blows into a double flute to entertain. A charming Bacchic subject, muched loved in the Roman period.
Orange carnelian. Roman 2/3rd.c.A.D.
18 by 11 mm.