Lot 262 - Web-Auction 106

A neoclassical glass intaglio signed PICHLER mounted on a gold seal. Eros.
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Description

A neoclassical glass intaglio signed PICHLER mounted on a gold seal. Eros.

19th century.
Intaglio 25x19 mm ; 13 grs

Beautiful impression taken from an intaglio firmed in greek by PICHLER and inspired by the Centocelle Eros (Vatican Museums, Pio Clementino Museum, Gallery of the Statues); back then called « Genio del Vaticano ». Originally, a sardonyx intaglio made in 1782, replicated also in cameo. The glass is set in an elegant mounting for seal formed by 4 mixtlinear extensions and ending in a jockstrap ring. Slight signs of wear.
L.Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli, La collezione Paoletti. Stampi in vetro per impronte di intagli e cammei, vol. II, p. 40 n. 199.
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U.K. private collection
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