Bertolami Fine Art - Piazza Lovatelli 1, 00186 Roma
ASTA 267 - GLITTICA ASTA 267 - GLITTICA
Friday 7 July 2023 hours 12:30 (UTC +00:00)
A NEOCLASSICAL LARGE CARNELIAN OCTAGONAL INTAGLIO SET IN A MODERN GOLD RING. EROTIC PROCESSION OF A PHALLUS.
A NEOCLASSICAL LARGE CARNELIAN OCTAGONAL INTAGLIO SET IN A MODERN GOLD RING. EROTIC PROCESSION OF A PHALLUS.
19th century
Stone 25x28,5 mm; int. Size 17,5x20 mm; 21,73 gr
The scene depicts an erotic allegorical processiom. On the right side, a monumental altar-shaped chariot supporting a huge phallus. The chariot is pulled by an Erote riding a bull to the left. He is surronded by maenades playing trumpets and an erote riding a goat. The procession is going towards a giant vagina, the lips opened by two erotes as they were opening a curtain. On top, a winged erotes is crowning the phallus with a laurel wreath, as in a triumph. Groundline. Slight wear marks.
Provenance: From a private collection, France, acquired on the art market in the early 2000s