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「おみく字」と言う名の刻印が届きました。どんな字が届くのかはわからないのです。

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Little boah and his owner

Sleeping Joan of Arc — George William Joy (1844-1925)

Miquel Barcelo Spanish artist painter, ceramist, sculptor, engraving artist I've discovered his artwork during an exhibition in my home city and I fell in love since.

Left: Roman carnelian scarab intaglio of Prometheus creating man, dated to 100 BCE. 

Right: Greek carnelian scaraboid intaglio of a snake, dated to 450-425 BCE. 

Roman cameos portraying the Emperor Claudius (left) and the Emperor Tiberius (right) 1st century CE

Roman Syrian carved carnelian gemstone, c. 1st-3rd centuries CE. From the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery.

Graeco-Roman chalcedony intaglio of Zeus enthroned, with scepter and eagle, dated to 30 BCE to 200 CE. The gold ring itself is modern. Found in the Thorvaldsens Museum.

Ancient Roman gold ring with an amethyst intaglio of Pan playing the pipes as a goat watches. The intaglio dates to the 1st to 2nd centuries CE, while the gold ring likely dates to a later time. Source: Sands of Time Ancient Art. 

Ancient Roman gold ring with a hard stone intaglio of the goddess Ceres feeding a bird, dated to the 2nd century CE. Source: Trinity Antiques. 

Nymph Aura, Ancient Rome, 1st century BC-1st century AD. Amethyst and gold. From the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.  

Ancient Roman intaglio depicting Cupid holding a sword. Carnelian and gold.

~ Medallion with Portrait of Augustus. Place of origin: Roman Empire, possibly Italy Date: A.D. 1-25

Beryl intaglio with portrait of Julia Domna, wife of the Emperor Septimius Severus (A.D. 193–211) and mother of Emperor “Caracalla” (A.D. 211–217)

Date: circa 200 AD. Dimensions: H. 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Cameo portrait of Emperor Claudius, in modern mount, perhaps cut after his triumph over Britain in A.D. 44

Roman, Imperial Period, A.D. 43-45

sardonyx with glass backing

Royal Collection Trust (acquired by King Charles I when Prince of Wales)

Fragment of an oval cameo with Zeus wearing the aegis, in a modern mount

Greek, Hellenistic Period, 1st or 2nd century B.C.

sardonyx

Royal Collection Trust (acquired by King George III)

Glass cameo of Herophilus. Roman, Early Imperial Period, ca. A.D. 20.

Glass paste, turquoise blue. Modern setting: gold ring.

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The Blacas Cameo: Three-layered sardonyx cameo engraved with a portrait of Augustus wearing the aegis of Minerva and a sword-belt.

Roman, early 1st century AD. From The British Museum.

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