Bertolami Fine Art - Bertolami Fine Art, 1 Harewood Place 1, W1S 1BU Londra
ASTA 107 - Glittica Sessione Unica
Friday 22 April 2022 hours 15:00 (UTC +00:00)
A fine fragmentary roman agate cameo set in gold ring with repair. Artemis's legs. 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.
A fine fragmentary roman agate cameo set in gold ring with repair. Artemis's legs.
1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.
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.
Stone 11 x 16 mm (fragment max. length.); ring size 17 x 19 mm; 20,27 gr