The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Jasper intaglio in a gold mount set with pearls and glass

Jasper intaglio in a gold mount set with pearls and glass

Period:: Mid-Imperial, Antonine or Severan
Date:: 2nd–3rd century A.D.
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
Accession Number:: 1994.230.2

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 169

Description

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.
References

Mertens, Joan R. 1995. "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1994-1995." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 53(2): p. 18.
See also
What
Metal (59,587)

Sculpture (24,354)

Glass (16,099)

Silver (14,059)

Gold (12,483)

Chalcedony (2,969)

Intaglios (959)

Pearl (922)

Jasper (435)
Where
Roman Empire (5,258)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,214)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,330)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Italian Peninsula, 1–500A.D.