CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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TWO ROMAN GLASS CAMEOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Together with an amber After the Antique cameo of Eros riding a lion
46 mm. wide max.

Provenance

G. Sangiorgi Collection (1886-1965), Rome.
Private collection, Monaco, 1970s; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

The cameo with the bust of winged Eros holding a heart-shaped leaf, possibly used as a fan, has a close parallel in M. L. Vollenweider, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève, Catalogue Raisonné des Sceaux, Cylindres, Intailles et Camées, Vol. II, Mainz, 1979, p. 57 f., cat. 53.
The other cameo decorated with a crouching dog seen from above belongs to a large series of stone and glass cameos, cf. K. Sas & H. Thoen (ed.), Schone Schijn. Brillance et Prestige, Leuven, 2002, pp. 197-198, cat. 142.
The amber cameo is a later variation of the well-known Hellenistic onyx cameo signed by Protarchos, in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence.

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