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Intaglio Gem with Eagle and Olive Branch
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Orange Carnelian intaglio; flat face.
This intaglio depicts an eagle in 3/4 profile. The bird stands with one foot in front of the other, walking to the left. His wings are raised slightly. On the far right is a single branch or sprig. The beak is slightly hooked.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb gift; to the Fogg Art Museum 1963.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb in memory of William Eliot Lamb Class of 1858 Keeper and cataloguer of coins of the University in that year
Title: Intaglio Gem with Eagle and Olive Branch
Description:
Orange Carnelian intaglio; flat face.
This intaglio depicts an eagle in 3/4 profile.
The bird stands with one foot in front of the other, walking to the left.
His wings are raised slightly.
On the far right is a single branch or sprig.
The beak is slightly hooked.
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