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LOT 1952
Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Bead Gem
LATE 20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (20.18 grams, 33.67 mm overall, 23.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
With broad hoop, applied scroll to each shoulder, filigree collar to the cell, inset ellipsoid cabochon with wheel-cut fluting. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Post-Classical Red Agate Gemstone with Omphale
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Elipsoid in plan with domed obverse; intaglio with Omphale standing nude on a baseline, right hand on her hip and supporting her club with her left; at her feet an Apulian trozella vessel; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 4.13 grams, 25 mm
Private collection, England.
The figure bears the classic symbol of Hercules - the club - but the details of her nude body and lack of beard indicate that this is a female. Omphale was the queen of Lydia, daughter of the river Lardanos. According to myth, Hercules was a slave to the beautiful queen for three years and was forced by her to dress as a woman and spin wool, giving up his lion's head. It was Omphale who donned her lion's head and wielded the club, as depicted in this intaglio, an allegory of submission and revenge in love. An interesting post-classical work. -
Cylinder Seal Electrotype Group
Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Of academic interest, copper-coated lead seal impressions including presentation scenes, combat scenes, court scenes and others; some with cuneiform text. 278 grams total, 39-47 mm
Possibly made by the British Museum. From a West Country, UK, private collection. -
Post Medieval Marble Portrait of a Man
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Modelled in the round with a frowning expression, a triangular face with angular features and thick banded hair; recessed to the top of the head. 35.1 kg, 41 cm high including stand
Private collection, England. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13082-249677.
From the late 17th century until around the 1760s, classical nostalgia and the viewing and recording of classical remains became major occupations for aristocratic young men who went on the ‘Grand Tour’. In Rome, for example, some British visitors counted and measured the huge number of ancient columns and obelisks still visible in the city. The wealthiest brought back antiquities, including stones with Latin inscriptions, and redesigned their gardens to display them. More significantly, such travels also encouraged those who went to redefine their own origins and native identities within a wider European context. The taste for the reproductions of ancient monuments involved also the sculptures of Middle Age.
