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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: South Italian, An Italic banded agate intaglio with the 'dextrarum iunctio' set in a modern gold ring, circa 1st century BC
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: South Italian, An Italic banded agate intaglio with the 'dextrarum iunctio' set in a modern gold ring, circa 1st century BC

South Italian

An Italic banded agate intaglio with the 'dextrarum iunctio' set in a modern gold ring, circa 1st century BC
Agate and gold
Width of intaglio: 1 cm; ring size: M
South Italian, An Italic banded agate intaglio with the 'dextrarum iunctio' set in a modern gold ring, circa 1st century BC
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The oval agate gem banded in black and white, engraved with clasped right hands in the 'dextrarum iunctio' and flowers, set in a modern 18 carat gold ring
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The oval agate gem banded in black and white, engraved with clasped right hands in the 'dextrarum iunctio' and flowers, set in a modern 18 carat gold ring

Provenance

Swiss private collection, DDB, Switzerland, formed from the 1960s onwards

Literature

The dextrarum iunctio is an image of two clasped right hands.  It symbolised concordia (harmony), affinity, friendship, and loyalty (Tac. Hist. 1.54.1, 2.8.2) and was often used to signify such between married couples. For other intaglios showing the dextrarum iunctio, cf. Beazley archive gem no. 1043: J. Tassie, Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems, Cameos as well as Intaglios, 1716, 94, no. 1043, tray 17.1, 17.3.
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