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Bust of Medusa, a Gorgon with venomous snakes in her hairBust of Medusa, a monstrous Gorgon with venomous snakes and wings in her hair in Greek mythology
Isis breastfeeding her son HorusIsis, ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility and magic, breastfeeding her son Horus, the falcon-headed god. Isis et Orus
Figure of Apollo, Greek and Roman god of archery, music, dance, truth and poetry. Holding a lyre. Engraved on sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of the art dealer Thomas Moore Slade
Figure of a horse with the inscription C. Fufius PhilostratusFigure of a Roman horse pawing the ground with the inscription C. Fufius Philostratus, the owner? In sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville
Portrait of a Greek Muse. Musa. In sardonyx and dactylotheca. From the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville
Mercury, Roman god of commerce and communicationPortrait of Mercury, Roman god of commerce and communication with petasos, caduceus, cloak and winged ankles
Bacchus with thyrsus riding a centaurBacchus, Roman god of win, with thyrsus (pine-cone staff) riding a centaur with its hands tied behind its back
Bacchus and Ariadne on a chariot on Naxos islandAriadne sits in a chariot drawn by two winged cheetahs on the island of Naxos. Bacchus, Roman god of wine, with his thyrsus (pine-cone staff) supports her
Etruscan faun squeezing grapes into a bowlNaked Etruscan faun squeezing grapes into a bowl. In sardonyx and dactylotheca. From the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville
Scipio Africanus, 236/235-183 BC, Roman generalPublius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, 236/235-183 BC, Roman general and military commander. Scipio Africanus. In sardonyx, coelatus and dactylotheca
Omphale, Queen of Ludia, combing Greek hero Hercules hair. He reaches out for the skin of the Nemean lion
Cupid, with whip and bridle, mounted on a lionCupid, Roman god of love, with whip and bridle, mounted on a lion. The lion holds a goat's head between his paws. Cupid curbing a Lion. From a sardonyx in the Cabinet of Strozzi
Bust of an allegorical female figure of Africa with elephant-heaHead of a woman with curls under an elephant-head helmet, an allegorical female figure of Africa. From an ancient oval gem in sardonyx. Africa
Bust of Emperor Claudius, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. Claudio. In cameo of celestial blue on sardonyx base
Winged figure of Victoria driving a bigaWinged figure of Victoria, Roman goddess of Victory, driving a biga, a two-horse chariot. In cameo of sardonyx and sapphire. Biga. In cameo
Ruins of the mausoleum to Drusus near Mainz, GermanyRuins of the Drususstein (Drusus stone) mausoleum to Nero Claudius Drusus near Mainz. Drusus died battling the Chatti Germanic tribes in 9BC. Vestigia di un Sepolcro
Precious stones including agate, onyx, opal and sardonyx.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Adolph Kenngotts Mineralogy section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886
Mocha stone, sardonyx and agateMocha stone and sardonyx cameos resting on artificially dyed slabs of agate. All these varieties of chalcedony derive from the cryptocrystalline quartz group
Birthstone Series: SardonyxA specimen of Sardonyx, a variety of quartz, from the Natural History Museum, London. Sardonyx is the birthstone for the month of August (along with Peridot). Photographed by Harry Taylor