Menu
Search
Main SiteGandhara ConnectionsVase Corpus (CVA Online)
Search

598, Zeus, with thunderbolt and spear, in a quadriga riding over two snake-legged giants, one armed with a club; ground beneath the chariot wheels.

  • Reference Number: 598
  • Description: Zeus, with thunderbolt and spear, in a quadriga riding over two snake-legged giants, one armed with a club; ground beneath the chariot wheels.
  • Current Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870)
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009)
  • Material: Sardonyx
  • Comments: 18th-century copy of the cameo in Naples signed by Athenion. Set in gold as a pendant
Image Image Image

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/878BCC9B-6BC1-4204-B374-8593DF16C710

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