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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION, LOTS 1 – 15
ITALIAN, PROBABLY ROME, LATE 18TH CENTURY
CAMEO WITH A YOUTH, PERHAPS PARIS
chalcedony, in a mount
cameo: 23mm.,
7/8in.
25mm., 1in.
overall
PROVENANCE
As for Lot 6
EXHIBITED
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, on long term loan
(ref: LOAN:MET ANON.105&A-1968)
This curious cameo shows a youth wearing what appears to be a Phrygian cap.
However, the cap, lacks the characteristic conical bent apex.
Compare with
Pichler’s carnelian Head of Paris published in Raspe-Tassie no.
15509 (this may
be the intaglio in the Hermitage, inv.
E-17089). For another cameo with a
similar cap, see William Brown’s Priam in the Hermitage (inv
no. K-1840)
£ 3,000-5,000
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION, LOTS 1 – 15
ITALIAN, PROBABLY ROME, LATE 18TH CENTURY
CAMEO WITH AN EMPRESS
chalcedony, within a mount
cameo: 25mm.,
1in.
28mm., 1⅛in.
overall
PROVENANCE
As for Lot 6
EXHIBITED
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, on long term loan
(ref: LOAN:MET ANON.105&A-1968)
Compare with the cameo with Apollo attributed to Edward Burch in the
Royal Collection (inv.
RCIN 65183).
See K.
no. Aschengreen Piacenti and
J
Boardman, Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels in the Collection of
Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2008, p.
50, no. 26
£ 2,000-3,000
Buyers are liable to pay both the hammer price (as estimated above) and the buyer’s premium together with any applicable taxes and Artist’s Resale Right
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(which will depend on the individual circumstances).
Refer to the Buying at Auction and VAT sections at the back of this catalogue for further information.
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