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Intaglio: Maritime Scene
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Carnelian intaglio with a maritime scene. In the center is a tower (lighthouse?) with two windows and a door and two men standing on the top. It is flanked on the left by a boat with three men and on the right by a boat with two men. In the field at the lower left a man sits facing out while holding a long object, perhaps fishing. In the field at the lower right are two standing men.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Eleftherios Sossidi Hamburg (between 1955-65 - 1990's) sold; [through Sotheby's sale 7742 New York December 7 2001 lot 314]; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (2001-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Note: E. Sossidi (1913-1992) worked in Cairo from 1958-1968.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Intaglio: Maritime Scene
Description:
Carnelian intaglio with a maritime scene.
In the center is a tower (lighthouse?) with two windows and a door and two men standing on the top.
It is flanked on the left by a boat with three men and on the right by a boat with two men.
In the field at the lower left a man sits facing out while holding a long object, perhaps fishing.
In the field at the lower right are two standing men.
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