Lot 404 - Auction 66 - Part II

A roman orange glass cast impression. Eros riding a lion playing the lyre.
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Description

A roman orange glass cast impression. Eros riding a lion playing the lyre.
17 x 23 x 5 mm
The scene is inspired by a famous antique onyx cameo belonging to the Medici collection, signed in Greek "Protarchus epoiei": Eros riding a lion playing the lyre (to the right). This work, originally owned by Pietro Andrea Andreini, is described in the Grand Ducal inventories of: 1736 (tab. XVIII, 34), 1786, 1799 and 1862. The cameo becomes famous for its beauty and its allegorical meaning ("Nume tamer of all. The lyre whose sound unites Love with its great power to dominate and to ride fairs that it rides "). Illustrated in numerous sources: Agostini, Figured Ancient Gems; Gori, Museum Florentinum; Wicar, Camèes de la Galerie de Florance; Zannoni, Cammei and Carvings. The glass impression is characterized by some variations, such as the tail woven into the hind leg. Model of great refinement, executed with skill. Attractive intense and bright glass color. Large specimen. Signs of wear. Chipping on the edge. Rare.
For comparison: Antonio Giuliano, I Cammei from the Medici Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Florence, p. 158 n. 34
1st-2nd century AD.
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