A carnelian beaded necklace
Circa 1st B.C-2nd Century A.D. and later
Including six intaglios of tabloid form engraved with a: two lions; b: two nude males with chlamys on the left arm; c: two warriors; d: XII; e: two herms and a torch; f: a capricorn, Tyche holding a cornucopia and rudder, Minerva, and another figure, Hellenistic-Roman and later; with a central oval Roman intaglio engraved with Harpocrates holding a cornucopia and extending his finger towards his mouth, interspersed with various later shaped carnelian beads and modern gold openwork Byzantine style openwork scrolled discs, 167cm long
Footnotes:
Provenance:
Goddard (1869-1925) and Josephine Cook DuBois (1864-1961) Collection, USA, acquired in Egypt, circa 1901-1907; thence by descent to grandson George DuBois, then passed to his wife Judith on his death; by decent to the present owner.

The Goddard & Josephine Dubois Collection was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1920-38, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1945-60, and the Museum of Man California 1968.

For an example of a Ptolemaic Period intaglio of tabloid form, cf. J. Boardman and D. Scarisbrick, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, London 1977, p.31, fig. 44a-d.