CAMEE OVALE EN ONYX SCULPTE REPRESENTANT UN BUSTE DE GUERRIER BARBU
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CAMEE OVALE EN ONYX SCULPTE REPRESENTANT UN BUSTE DE GUERRIER BARBU

XVIEME SIECLE

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CAMEE OVALE EN ONYX SCULPTE REPRESENTANT UN BUSTE DE GUERRIER BARBU
XVIEME SIECLE
Son casque orné de plumes, décoré d'un félin accroupi à tête de grotesque, son corselet et son épaulette également ornés de masques grotesques, de profil tourné vers la gauche ; dans un cadre ovale ajouré en or, orné de vrilles grimpantes parsemées de douze pierres de couleur serties dans des collets ovales
Hauteur: 6 cm. (2¼ in.), Hauteur totale: 12 cm. (4¾ in.)
Provenance
Lord Halifax.
Comte de Bessborough.
Duc de Marlborough, Christie's, Londres, le 26 juin 1899, lot 615 (comme Pyrrhus) pour 357 livres.
Literature
Gemmarum antiquarum; ex praestantioribus desumptus quae in dactyliothecis ducis Marlburiensis conservatur (1780, 1791), II, no. 7.
Sir John Boardman, The Marlborough Gems at Blenheim Palace, Oxford, 2009 (forthcoming publication), no. 391.
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Further details
A CARVED OVAL ONYX CAMEO BUST OF A BEARDED WARRIOR
16TH CENTURY
His plumed helmet embossed with a crouching feline with grotesque head, his corselet and epaulette also with grotesque masks, facing to the left in profile; in an openwork oval gold frame of trailing tendrils interspersed with twelve coloured stones in oval collets

This cameo was part of the celebrated collection known as the Marlborough Gems formed by George, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817). Considered by contemporaries to be the most important private collection of cameos in existence, it consisted of approximately 800 items. One third of these came from the collection of the Gonzaga Dukes of Mantua via the Earls of Arundel, while another third came from the mid 18th century collection of Lord Bessborough. The remainder were collected by Marlborough himself, largely during his travels in Italy. The present cameo was engraved in the 18th century catalogue of the collection, and was later sold by Christie's (26 June 1899, lot 615) for £357.
Sale room notice
Ce lot a été acquis auprès de la Galerie J. Kugel, Paris.
This lot was purchased from Galerie J. Kugel, Paris.

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Lot Essay

Ce camée faisait anciennement partie de la célèbre collection de George, 4 ème Duc de Marlborough (1739-1817), les Marlborough Gems.

Considérée à l'époque comme l'une des plus grandes collections de camées, celle-ci comprenait approximativement 800 pièces, dont un tiers provenait de la collection des Ducs Gonzagues de Mantoue (après avoir été entre les mains des Comtes d'Arundel), un second tiers de la collection de Lord Bessborough (celle-ci datant du milieu du XVIIIème siècle), le restant comprenant des pièces rassemblées par Malborough lui-même lors de ses voyages en Italie, pour la plupart.

Le lot ici offert fut reproduit, sous forme de gravure au XVIIIème siècle, dans le catalogue de la Collection Malborough, avant d'être vendu chez Christie's, le 26 juin 1899, lot 615 pour 357 livres.

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