Los Nr. 221 - Auction 54

Los Nr. 221

Glyptics
A roman sard intaglio. Young offerer. The girl, turned to the right, has her hair held by a ribbon, and is wearing a ... Weiter
Ergebnis:
2.400,00 GBP
Gebote:
21

Gebote

Status:
geschl. Auktion

Beschreibung

A roman sard intaglio. Young offerer. The girl, turned to the right, has her hair held by a ribbon, and is wearing a light tunic. With her left hand she lifts up a side of her dress, carrying a laurel branch in the right one. The face profile recalls specimens from classical greek art, showing a regular nose, semi-closed lips and big eyes. The act of grabbing an edge of the dress is generally referred (in sculpture) to the action of tying the tunic (see Artemis of Gabi, from a greek original, Louvre; Danaide, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Napoli). In this case the young offerer seems rather to be pulling an edge of her dress as a symbolic gesture, with a votive-devotional meaning; the laurel twig and the iconographic model lead us to theorize that we are dealing with a gem referred to the cult of Apollon (see carnelian intaglio, bust of Apollon, with a fillet and laurel twig, in J. Boardmann, C. Wagner, Masterpieces in miniature. Engraved gems from prehistory to the present, p. 198 n.184; for the hand gesture, see carnelian intaglio, Psiche, KHM). (G.M.A. Richter, Catalogued of engraved gems. Greek, Etruscan and Roman (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, p. 85 n. 372, Nemesis' typical pose). Mirror-finish polishing of the intaglio. Wear marks. Traces of the ancient iron mounting. 1st century B.C - 1st century A.D.
11 x 15 x 2 mm

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