Glass paste gem: kneeling, eagle-headed figure

PP-ID:

PP-5000

Classification:

gem, non-specified

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 145

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 145

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 192; AGD III, no. Kassel 145

Former Collections:

Patin, Charles (Paris, 1633 – Padua, 1693); Capello, Antonio (Venice, 1652–1729); Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (Kassel, 1654–1730)

Material:

glass, red

Dimensions:

14.4 × 9.7 × 2.1 mm

Iconography:

eagle-headed figure

Upright oval, red glass paste gem, flat, edge rounded. (Shape 8c). Chipped at the top edge.

Side A: Winged, eagle-headed figure kneeling in proffile to left, head turned back to the right.
Side B: Undecorated.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 31, no. 192 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 376, pl. 172E (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 232, no. 145.

Further resources on PP-5000
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus

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