Menu
Search
Main Site Gandhara ConnectionsVase Corpus (CVA Online)
Search

51, Portrait (profile right): Hellenistic ruler. Bust of a warrior wearing a flat cap, with a corselet with Medusa head. The cap is of Macedonian type.

  • Record Number: 40005111
  • Sub-database: MARLBOROUGH
  • Reference Number: 51
  • Period of Original Gem: 2ND/1ST CENTURY BC
  • Material of Original Gem: ONYX
  • Description: PORTRAIT (PROFILE RIGHT): HELLENISTIC RULER. BUST OF A WARRIOR WEARING A FLAT CAP, WITH A CORSELET WITH MEDUSA HEAD. THE CAP IS OF MACEDONIAN TYPE.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 534
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 51
  • Shape: CAMEO
  • Size: 10X8
Image

Last updated 01/03/2026 17:17:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/304202AE-E7B1-49ED-9C38-8BD50799E5B1

My photograph albums
Site map Copyright Accessibility Privacy statement Contact us
Gandhara Connections
Gandhara Connections on Facebook
Gandhara Connections on Twitter
Back to top