40005209, Marlborough, 433, A naked sculptor seated chiselling a bearded bust on a wreathed block. Behind it a lidded vase and a herm with a palm branch and shield or tympanon behind it. In the field a star and ribboned hoop. Ground line. On the back inscribed ICHTHYS., ICQUS, Unknown, Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009), Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870), no. 433, Cornelian

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