Lot 96
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A ROMAN BLUE GLASS CAMEO WITH GREEK SIGNATURE OF SOSTRATOS
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A ROMAN BLUE GLASS CAMEO WITH GREEK SIGNATURE OF SOSTRATOS

CIRCA LAST QUARTER OF THE 1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details
A ROMAN BLUE GLASS CAMEO WITH GREEK SIGNATURE OF SOSTRATOS

CIRCA LAST QUARTER OF THE 1ST CENTURY B.C.
31 mm. wide
Provenance
G. Sangiorgi collection (1886-1965), Rome.
Private collection, Monaco, 1970s; thence by descent.
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
G. Sangiorgi, 'Nuovi Acquisti Della Mia Collezione Di Pietre Incise,' in Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung 48, 1933, pp. 290-294, pl. 49,3.

This cameo depicts Aphrodite embracing her lover Adonis surrounded by a winged Eros, an attendant and his dog. At the top of the scene is clearly visible the signature of Sostratos (CΩCTPATOY), one of the most celebrated gem engravers of the Augustan period.
For another example, cf. M.-L. Vollenweider, Die Steinschneidekunst und ihre Künstler in spätrepublikanischer Zeit, Baden-Baden, 1966, no. 33, note 46.

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