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Ancient Roman, Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Intaglio fragment, depicting a winged Eros riding a Hippocamp, with modern engraved restoration of the front legs and head of the Hippocamp,
Green Quartz (Prasium)
In a modern 14 carat gold setting and fixture, with a silver back, on a 18 carat gold chain, with a handmade and hallmarked fixture,
2.5 cm long (pendant)
2 cm high (pendant)
This finely engraved ancient Roman intaglio fragment depicts Eros, the winged god of love, riding upon a Hippocamp, a mythical sea creature combining the forequarters of a horse with the tail of a fish. It is carved into a variety of green quartz, known as prasium in antiquity. The translucent green hue of the stone has an otherworldly quality and indeed, recalls the colour of the sea, which suits a mythological marine subject.
Hippocamps were closely associated with Neptune, god of the sea, and frequently appeared in Roman mosaics, sculpture and engraved gemstones, often accompanying marine deities and their attendants. The playful figure of Eros, here transformed into a rider of the waves, reflects the Roman taste for imaginative (and sometimes humorous) mythological subjects in which divine figures inhabit a fantastical aquatic world.
Now preserved as a fragment and mounted in a modern 14 carat gold setting with a silver back, the missing section has been restored and the head and forelegs of the Hippocamp engraved into it.
It has also been made into a pendant and hung on a 18 carat gold chain, with a handmade and hallmarked fixture - transforming this ancient object into a remarkable piece of modern jewellery.
Ancient Roman, Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Intaglio fragment, depicting a winged Eros riding a Hippocamp, with modern engraved restoration of the front legs and head of the Hippocamp,
Green Quartz (Prasium)
In a modern 14 carat gold setting and fixture, with a silver back, on a 18 carat gold chain, with a handmade and hallmarked fixture,
2.5 cm long (pendant)
2 cm high (pendant)
This finely engraved ancient Roman intaglio fragment depicts Eros, the winged god of love, riding upon a Hippocamp, a mythical sea creature combining the forequarters of a horse with the tail of a fish. It is carved into a variety of green quartz, known as prasium in antiquity. The translucent green hue of the stone has an otherworldly quality and indeed, recalls the colour of the sea, which suits a mythological marine subject.
Hippocamps were closely associated with Neptune, god of the sea, and frequently appeared in Roman mosaics, sculpture and engraved gemstones, often accompanying marine deities and their attendants. The playful figure of Eros, here transformed into a rider of the waves, reflects the Roman taste for imaginative (and sometimes humorous) mythological subjects in which divine figures inhabit a fantastical aquatic world.
Now preserved as a fragment and mounted in a modern 14 carat gold setting with a silver back, the missing section has been restored and the head and forelegs of the Hippocamp engraved into it.
It has also been made into a pendant and hung on a 18 carat gold chain, with a handmade and hallmarked fixture - transforming this ancient object into a remarkable piece of modern jewellery.