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Jasper intaglio in a gold mount set with pearls and glass

2nd–3rd century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169
The intaglio, depicting a horseman spearing a boar, is of superlative quality. The two hooks on the reverse suggest that this object served as a clasp, possibly for a necklace or for a diadem worn around the head.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jasper intaglio in a gold mount set with pearls and glass
  • Period: Mid-Imperial, Antonine or Severan
  • Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Gold, jasper, pearl, glass
  • Dimensions: H. 3.00 cm.
  • Classification: Gold and Silver
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Bothmer Purchase Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.230.2
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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