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 agate cameo. Gryllos. <br><br>18th century.
A fine agate cameo. Gryllos.
18th century.
The hybrid creature is engraved on a three-layered agate, and is composed of: a youthful male face, a bearded male face, to which another bearded face is conjoined with a pointed horn (Poseidon?); to the three human heads is added a ram's head, whose horns are carved in the darker brown layer. Apotropaic iconography, inspired by roman and renaissance models. Beautiful execution.
20x33x7 mm