Carved Intaglio gemstone with Head of Tyche | Yale University Art Gallery

1st–2nd century A.D.

Medium: Red jasper
Dimensions: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Torkom Demirjian
Accession Number: 1986.99.1
Culture: Roman, Syrian
Period: Roman (1st–2nd century A.D.)
Classification: Jewelry
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Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Torkom Demirjian; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., acquired from the above, 1986.

Bibliography

"Catalogue of the Exhibition 'An Obsession with Fortune: Tyche in Greek and Roman Art'," in "An Obsession with Fortune: Tyche in Greek and Roman Art," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1994), 115, no. 48

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Object/Work type

intaglios

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