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Lot 336 - Auction 107

An unusual agate cameo set in a gold ring. Historical portrait.
Estimate:
1.500,00/2.000,00 £
Starting price:
1.000,00 GBP
Price realized:
1.000,00 GBP
Bids:
1

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Lot status:
Auction closed

Description

An unusual agate cameo set in a gold ring. Historical portrait.


Late18th century.

Stone 19 x 26 mm; ring size 18 x 20 mm;15,30 gr.


The character is facing right, and is characterized by a large fur headdress and a dress equally fitted with fur in front. The engraver has sculpted the three layers of the stone with great skill, sculpting the fur in the brown part (as in reality). The stone is damaged in front of the profile and repaired (crack on the field and nose repaired). Due to the close iconography and physiognomy resemblance it could be the portrait of the french writer Jean Jacques Rousseau.




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