Sujet
Intaglio amulet showing a reaper stooping to cut corn
Légende
Intaglio amulet showing a reaper stooping to cut corn, A Greek text on the reverse reads For the hips. While reapers alluded to summer and the harvest symbolized felicity, to sufferers from sciatica the free movement from the waist required in reaping grain represented an ideal the amulet might magically promote. Greece. Graeco Egyptian. c 1st C BC 1st C AD.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Sold at Christie's, London
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A22_314
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
20,8Mo (2,0Mo) / 22,0cm x 23,7cm / 2598 x 2805 (300dpi)