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Intaglio: Hanging Figure Attacked by a Lion and Eagle, with Eros
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Intaglio on an unidentified green-black stone. One side shows a nude, long-haired figure, hanging by the arms from a ring with horizontal bars on either side. An eagle attacks the figure on the left, and a lion with a torch approaches it on the right. In the field next ot the figure's left arm is a Greek inscription "ICH". In the field below, Eros stands on a short groundline, with bow and arrow pointed at the central figure's feet. Another symbol, like a mace, is in the lower right. On the other side is a Greek inscription in seven lines surrounded by a beveled edge.
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: Hanging Figure Attacked by a Lion and Eagle, with Eros
Description:
Intaglio on an unidentified green-black stone.
One side shows a nude, long-haired figure, hanging by the arms from a ring with horizontal bars on either side.
An eagle attacks the figure on the left, and a lion with a torch approaches it on the right.
In the field next ot the figure's left arm is a Greek inscription "ICH".
In the field below, Eros stands on a short groundline, with bow and arrow pointed at the central figure's feet.
Another symbol, like a mace, is in the lower right.
On the other side is a Greek inscription in seven lines surrounded by a beveled edge.
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