XIXEME SIECLE

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CAMEE OVALE EN CORAIL SCULPTE REPRESENTANT UN BUSTE DE DIOGENE
XIXEME SIECLE
Couronné, l'épaule drapée, accompagné d'un chien et d'une volute, présenté de trois-quarts tourné vers la gauche; dans une monture ovale en or sur un fond en néphrite, enchâssé dans un cadre associé en bronze doré bordé d'une moulure au rebord recouvert de volutes feuillagées
Hauteur: 4 cm. (1½ in.), Hauteur totale: 14 cm. (5½ in.)

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A CARVED OVAL CORAL CAMEO BUST OF DIOGENES
19TH CENTURY
Wreathed, drapery at his shoulder, with dog and scroll, facing three quarters to the left; in an oval gold mount applied to a nephrite ground within an associated gilt-bronze frame with moulded border edged with leafy scrolls

The present cameo portrait can be identified as the Cynic philosopher, Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BC). Because of his rejection of conventional attitudes as to what might be done in public, Diogenes was called 'Dog' in Greek, and this was taken up as the name of his sect, the Cynics.

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Lot Essay

Dans ce portrait en camée, on peut identifier le philosophe Cynique, Diogène de Sinope (412-323 avant J.-C.). Par son rejet des règles de bienséance en public, Diogène fut surnommé 'Chien' en grec, nom qui fut repris comme le nom de sa secte, les Cyniques.

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