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Lotto 324

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Rare and elegant chalcedony cameo. Bust of a togated figure.
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6.000,00 GBP
Numero offerte:
10

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Asta chiusa

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Rare and elegant chalcedony cameo. Bust of a togated figure.

Very fine chalcedony cameo. Bust of a togated male figure. The effigy reminds to the Roman funerary portraiture of 1st century B.C./ 1st century A.D., for the style, the expression and physiognomy (the pose, the hairdo, the recessed neck, the fixed expression, large ears fitting to the field). Comparisons are attested in the glyptic production of Julio-Claudian Dynasty period, otherwise the specimen could be ascribed to the period between 16th and 18th century and it could be a Post Classical work. Very fascinating variety of chalcedony, of big size. References: Porträtbüste des Kaisers Claudius in Vorderansicht (41-54 A.D.), chalcedony, inv.nr. Antikensammlung, IXa 23, KHM, Wien; Facing heads in the Marlborough gems, but different materials: J. Boardman, D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and E. Zwierlein-Diehl: The Marlborough gems formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Oxford 2009. pp.168-169, nos 371-372. Frank Sternberg AG, Auction XXVII, Zurich, 7-8 November 1994 lot 797. Same stylistic and technical rendering are visible on a specimen preserved in the Archaeological museum of Florence (the date is unknown) in: Antonio Giuliano, I cammei dalla Collezione Medicea del Museo Archeologico di Firenze, p.279 n. 237 (inv. 14682): cameo in carnelian with the depiction of the bust of a young, with a mantel on the shoulder. Attested in the inventory of 1736, pl. XX, 16 (probably ancient) here in fig. 1. mm 49 x 33 x 1
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