ASTA 267 - GLITTICA

A NEOCLASSICAL GOLD PENDANT SET WITH A LARGE CARNELIAN CAMEO. HEAD OF HELMETED ATHENA.

19th century A.D.

Stone 25x32 mm; Brooch 32x38 mm; 11,18 gr

The helmeted goddess is facing right. Her helmet is decorated with a winged seahorse. The choice of the dark red carnelian is quite uncommun for a cameo. Very slight loss on the nose.

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A NEOCLASSICAL CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. BUST OF ATHENA PARTHENOS.

Late 18th- Early 19th century A.D.

17x24x5,5 mm

This beautiful bust is engraved after a famous Roman red jasper intaglio signed by Aspasios (Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome). The depiction of the helmet and the armour are highly detailed.

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A NEOCLASSICAL AGATE INTAGLIO. BUST OF HELMETED ATHENA.

19th century

20x24x4 mm

The goddess is facing left with the face slightly bent. This model refers to Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816) work.

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A NEOCLASSICAL GOLD BROOCH SET WITH A LARGE CHALCEDONY INTAGLIO. HEAD OF A GREEK HERO.

19th century A.D.

Stone 26x32 mm; Brooch 36x42 mm; 10,89 gr

The helmeted head is facing left, the features are probably referable to Achilles. The style and the carving technic remind the work of Filippo Rega (1761-1833). Also Luigi Pichler and Giuseppe Cerbera copied Rega's depiction of Greek classical hero and rulers portraits. This intaglio is characterized by a very thin incision. Beautiful archaeological revival brooch.

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A NEOCLASSICAL CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SET IN A GOLD FOB SEAL. BUST OF MAENAD.

18th century

Stone 18x22 mm; H 24 mm; 10,90 gr

The maenad is depicted with the front bust and the head in profile turned to the right. The hair is held by a ribbon with leaves, and falls on the shoulders. In the background, a thyrsus. The work is engraved with great refinement and its style is quite close to the works of William Brown.

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A NEOCLASSICAL SIGNED AGATE CAMEO SET IN A GOLD RING. BUST OF ARIADNE.

19th century

Stone 18x22 mm; Int. Size 18x19 mm; 6,20 gr

The bust is facing left and is characterized by a finly engraved hair. The signature, under the bust, is partially covered by the gold ring (probably ΠAΛTEP or ΠAΔTEP- to be identified).

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A NEOCLASSICAL AGATE CAMEO SET IN A GOLD PENDANT. PSYCHE.

18th-19th century

Stone 15x20 mm; 6,39 gr

The young character is facing right. She is characterized by her typical attributes; long wavy hair, with a band and large butterfly wings. Her face shows very delicate features.

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A NEOCLASSICAL AGATE CAMEO SET IN A GOLD RING. HERMES.

18th - 19th century

Stone 14x22 mm; Int. Size 16x19 mm; 4,34 gr

A finely engraved portrait of the young Hermes. The face is turned to the right and is engraved on the white layer; the wing instead is carved in the brown layer. The background is black. The anatomical volumes are modeled with great delicacy and artistic mastery. Small loose on the neck. The portrait is signed under the neck ( DIE SANTI ? - to be identified).

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A NEOCLASSICAL GOLD BROOCH SET WITH A LARGE TWO-LAYERED AGATE CAMEO. BUST OF PYRRHUS.

Late 18th- Early 19th century

Stone 29x40 mm; 18,63 gr

The helmeted warrior is shown in three-quarters, holding a shield. His face is characterized by strong features, a long and thick beard. Traditionally identified as Hannibal or Pyrrhus. Small crack in the field.

Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.

A LARGE AGATE CAMEO SET IN A GOLD RING. BUST OF CICERO.

18th century

Stone 20x27 mm; int. Size 19x20 mm; 36,20 gr.

This interesting cameo is carved in very high relief, and retains its fragile prominent parts intact, such as the tip of the nose. The effigy is made up of a bust of an elderly man, with a partially bald skull. One shoulder is naked, while the other is draped. The physiognomy and the hair can be referred to the models of late republican Roman portraits of the time of J. Caesar. This expressive portrait can be identified with the Senator Marcus Tullius Cicero, a very popular subject during the Grand Tour. The stone is mounted in a heavy solid gold ring.

Provenance: U.K. private collection

A POSTCLASSICAL AMETHYST CAMEO SET IN A GOLD RING. FEMALE BUST.

19th - 20th century

Stone 19x25 mm; Int. Size 18x19,5 mm; 40,84 gr

This cameo carved in high relief shows a frontal bust of a female character and it is set in massive gold ring. The face is characterized by angular features, the hair are partially tied up, and falling from either side. The representation is inspired after greek hellenistic models.

Provenance: U.K. private collection

A FINE NEOCLASSICAL CAMEO SET IN A GOLD BROOCH. FEMALE BUST.

19th century

Stone 30x43 mm; Brooch 44x56 mm; 50,64 gr.

A stunning high relief portrait of a young female character, possibly a nymph. She is depicted with the shoulders seen from the back and the face in an elegant torsion is looking upward toward right. She is characterized by very long hair, hold by a band and falling on the back slightly draped. The work is executed with great artistic mastery and technical skill. The gold brooch is finely decorated with a foliated frame with flowers.

Provenance: U.K. collection, acquired on the british art market.