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833, Above a segment of the world globe, Ares, in helmet and cloak, seated on a rock; Aphrodite fully dressed dancing and accompanied by Eros; Apollo playing his lyre; Zeus seated, back view, turning to look back at Artemis (?), naked upper part, holding up a bow, and Poseidon(?) as a seated naked male on a rock. Beside Zeus, his eagle.

  • Record Number: 200000833
  • Sub-database: Tassie
  • Reference Number: 833
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: Above a segment of the world globe, Ares, in helmet and cloak, seated on a rock; Aphrodite fully dressed dancing and accompanied by Eros; Apollo playing his lyre; Zeus seated, back view, turning to look back at Artemis (?), naked upper part, holding up a bow, and Poseidon(?) as a seated naked male on a rock. Beside Zeus, his eagle.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Tassie, J.; Raspe, R.E.: A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems,... (1791): 82,NO.833,TRAY 14.1, 14.3
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): 177
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): 465
  • Shape: Cameo
  • Comments: Link to record using the address http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/3F64B612-F843-4D8A-84C7-6669ACA07366
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Last updated 22/04/2024 17:09:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2025 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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