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A 16TH CENTURY AGATE CAMEO PENDANT
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A 16TH CENTURY AGATE CAMEO PENDANT

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A 16TH CENTURY AGATE CAMEO PENDANT
The central banded agate cameo depicting 'the entry into the ark', to the later decorated mount and loop for suspension, mid 16th century, 4.3 cm. wide
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Lot Essay

It has been put forward that the cameo can be attributed to the Masnago family, circa 1560, on the grounds of its similarity to a version in Vienna in a mounting datable to 1560-1570; and that it is the work of Antonio Masnago (dates uncertain), the father of Alessandro (1540-1620), on the grounds of choice of stone and the perfect circular form

Cf. J. Kagan, O. Neverov, Splendeurs des Collections de Catherine II de Russie - Catalogue de l'Exposition, Centre Culturel du Pantheon, Paris, 2000, No. 67

Cf. Y. Hackenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery, P. Wilson, 1979, p. 198, No. 547

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