Magical gem in ancient silver mount: Anguipes
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CBd-Number:
CBd-301
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1680
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1680
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.a_17
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
11 x 9 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat, edge rounded on side A. Shape 8c–9. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope). Set in an ancient silver mount.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand extended and holding a whip, left hand holding a shield half hid behind the body, porpax and antilabe visible.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 248, no. 1859.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-301
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand extended and holding a whip, left hand holding a shield half hid behind the body, porpax and antilabe visible.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 248, no. 1859.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-301
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CBd-301. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/301 on 09-03-2025.
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