Asta Bidspirit | An etruscan carnelian scarab intaglio

An etruscan carnelian scarab intaglio set on a modern gold ring. Male figure and animal. 4th-3rd century B.C. Intaglio 18x11x8 mm ; ring diam. 19 mm ; 5,28 grs A man kneeling on an animal, to immobilize it. A small chipping in the lower section of the stone. One similar specimen is preserved to the Metropolitan Museum (Inv. n. 41.160.504), and it is depicted Herakles with a deer. Gisela M.A. Richter, Catalogue of the engraved gems. Greek-Etruscan-Roman, p. 52 n. 217, pl. XXXIII. ” U.K. private collection