Rare and important neoclassical intaglio in jadeite. Bacchante: bacchante, naked bust, going to the left, head leaning towards right, wrapped in a wide, billowing garment,her arms lift up playing a tibrel. A tyrsus on her side. Base line. Big intaglio, very elegant and refined, very masterfully engraved on rare material. Second half of 18th century. See: Lucia Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli, La Collezione Paoletti. Stampi in vetro per impronte di intaglio e cammei, vol.II, Roma, 2012, p. 58 n. V-368 (violet glass Num.inv. MR72002, drawn from a carnelian intaglio ante 1782, portraying a dancer, engraved and signed by Pilcher. Subject drawn by a detail of the Trionfo di Bacco e Arianna by Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), Roma, Galleria Palazzo Farnese. Also called "bacchante" or "dancing timbrel-player". For any in-depth analysis see the above-mentioned sheet and Gabriella Tassinari, Giovanni Pilcher. Raccolta di impronte di intagli e di cammei del gabinetto numismatico e medagliere dellle raccolte artistiche del castello sforzesco di Milano (Dattiloteche1), Milan 2012, pp.357-358, no. III-20.; 31x20x3,2 mm;