LARGE GREEK INTAGLIO Carnelian with inclusions Dim. 18 x 26 x 3 mm Late Hellenistic art, 2nd century BC Provenance European private collection, acquired on the English art market in the 1990s Depicting the Muse Terpsichore, the muse of heroic song. The mythological figure is depicted standing against a column, playing the lyre. On the column is an idol, a symbol of heroic victory. The scene is similar to a Greek intaglio signed ONHECAC EPOIEI. A tracing in pâte de verre is kept at the Museo Archeologico di Firenze, Collezione del Gran Ducale. Paoletti, v.I, T. I, n°206 And an intaglio on carnelian, London, British Museum, Coll. Blacas, 1867, previously Strozzi. Paoletti, v.I, T.III, n°463 An Important Greek Carnelian Intaglio. 2nd century BCE. Depicting the Muse Terpsichore, muse of heroic song. The mythological figure is represented standing, leaning against a column while playing the lyre. Atop the column stands an idol, symbol of heroic victory. The scene relates closely to a Greek intaglio signed ONHECAC EPOIEI. A glass paste impression is preserved at the Archaeological Museum of Florence, Collezione del Gran Ducale. Paoletti, v.I, T. I, n°206 And to a carnelian intaglio, London, British Museum, Coll. Blacas, 1867, previously Strozzi. Paoletti, v.I, T.III, n°463