AN EMERALD INTAGLIO SHOWING THE BUST OF A MAN, 1ST CENTURY BC AN EMERALD INTAGLIO SHOWING THE BUST OF A MAN, 1ST CENTURY BC AN EMERALD INTAGLIO SHOWING THE BUST OF A MAN, 1ST CENTURY BC

AN EMERALD INTAGLIO SHOWING THE BUST OF A MAN, 1ST CENTURY BC

Reference: ART6001204

An emerald intaglio with a bust of a man facing left from the late republican period. The stone is a bi-faced convex cabochon of a fine quality emerald. The late Roman Republic is the period of the finest portraiture of individuals, later suppressed by the cult of the Emperor.
Emerald. Roman. 1st.c.B.C.
16 by 11 mm.