London, Италия
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22 aprile 2022 ore 15:00 CEST (14:00 BST)
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ЛОТ 211:
A fine fragmentary roman agate cameo set in gold ring with repair. Artemis's legs.
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Продан за: £4 000
Стартовая цена:
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4 000
Эстимейт :
£5 000 - £6 000
Комиссия аукционного дома: 26%
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A fine fragmentary roman agate cameo set in gold ring with repair. Artemis's legs.
1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.
Stone 11 x 16 mm (fragment max. leng.); ring size 17 x 19 mm; 20,27 gr.
Fragment of a roman agate cameo of high quality, depicting Artemis bathing (bending woman standing, the left foot on a small pedestal and the right foot on the ground), probably inspired by Ovid's classic story from the Metamorphosis: in that episode Acteon, while resting during a hunt, happens to see Artemis bathing in a nearby pool. To prevent him boasting that he had seen her naked, she changes him in a stag, whereupon his own group of hounds tears him to pieces. The cameo, even if a fragment has a very high quality. The larger missing part is repaired with a gold flat integration.
From the coll. Richard Trescott (1941-2018), London.
