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Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo
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19th-century gold ring set with a cameo. Dionysian theatrica…
See original version (French)
36
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19th-century gold ring set with a cameo. Dionysian theatrica…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
19th-century gold ring set with a cameo.
Dionysian theatrical mask.
Cameo on two-layered agate
19th-century gold setting; TDD 51 – UK L – US 5 ¾; Weight 4.08 g
Cameo: Renaissance or earlier
Cameo on two-layered agate, the white layer set against a pinkish-brown background, depicting a bearded theatrical mask in full face: furrowed brow, eyes hollowed out with a trephine, hair and beard in lively strands. A grotesque figure drawn from the Dionysian repertoire of ancient theatre. The cameo was set in the 19th century in a gold ring with an oval bezel and shoulders chiselled with foliage motifs, enhanced with rose-cut diamonds.
A 19th-century gold chiselled ring set with a Renaissance or earlier layered agate cameo: Theatrical mask. 1st century AD.
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