Magical gem in iron setting: Anguipes
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2912
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1679
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1679
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.a_8
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
13 x 10 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8. Green jasper with traces of iron on side B. Set in an ancient iron mount. Surface scratched, otherwise intact.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised high and holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield, porpax visible.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 248, no. 1860.
CBd-2912 at Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised high and holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield, porpax visible.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 248, no. 1860.
CBd-2912 at Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections
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CBd-2912. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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