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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 10341351, member: 5833&quot;]I&#039;ll get back to this later, after I take care of some things I have to do first, but my immediate impressions are that this one is stone, specifically chalcedony, a variety of quartz, so engraved, not molded.&nbsp; Whether it is actually &#039;antique&#039; (in the world of glyptics, engraved gems, this designates what most of us would call an antiquity, not just something 100+ years old) or a relatively contemporary, 18th - 19th century, copy, I have no way to know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m pretty sure the seated figure is Zeus/Jupiter, with his eagle on the ground in front of him.&nbsp; My very first thought was a scene of Jupiter giving the laws of the universe to Nemesis*, but then, looking at a pic from a different angle, thought I saw a stylized caduceus, so Hermes/Mercury, the messenger of the gods.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the reasons I resisted intaglios for a long time was that they can be so darned hard to see, even with them in hand, let alone to photograph.&nbsp; However, if you can get a shot that shows the standing figure better, it may be helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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