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ASTA 267 - GLITTICA ASTA 267 - GLITTICA
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A POSTCLASSICAL CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SET IN A SILVER AND GOLD PENDANT. VOTIVE SCENE.
A POSTCLASSICAL CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SET IN A SILVER AND GOLD PENDANT. VOTIVE SCENE.
17th- 18th century
Stone 13x16x2; 3 gr
A male character, turned to the left, is seated down on the ground on a small base, holding a snake in his right hand and pointing at a bowl with the left one; ; behind, a naked female figure, with a fluttering drapery held by her right arm, is lifting a patera with her right hand while holding a goat head in the left one, close to a plynth. Groundline. An allegorical scene, inspired by ancient models, which recurs in glyptic production from 17th century up to 18th-19th. The gem is broken into two parts, kept together by the metallic mounting.
For comparisons: Valerio Belli vicentino. 1468c. - 1546, Howard Burns, Marco Collareta, Davide Gasparotto, p.248 ("Sacrificio bacchico". Etching from P.J. Mariette), p. 522 n. cat. n. 157.I).
Provenance: U.K private collection