Lotto 168 | An eastern roman agate scaraboid engraved seal. The return of Dionysos. 2nd century A.D.

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An eastern roman agate scaraboid engraved seal. The return of Dionysos. 2nd century A.D.

An eastern roman agate scaraboid engraved seal. The return of Dionysos.

2nd century A.D.

The scene shows Bacchus seated on a chariot pulled by two panthers. Groundline. The god is depicted naked, the lower part of his body covered by a drapery, in his right hand he holds a cup, meanwhile his left hand holds a scepter surmounted by a veil. The style of the depiction suggests that the intaglio is roman, but carved on an more ancient scaraboid seal, probably eastern Greek. 

17x21x12 mm