Syncretic Zeus-Serapis

393, Lot: 919. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Red jasper intaglio. Roman, circa 2nd century AD. Engraved with a fine-style syncretic bust of horned and radiate Zeus-Serapis, wearing calathus and with slight drapery on shoulder (14.5x11mm). Intact.

Reportedly ex collection of Mrs. E. Lebrun, Paris, acquired in the 1980s.