AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
Lot 110

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY

Head of Medusa

Closed9 July 2021

Price Realised

GBP 6,000

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AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
Head of Medusa
oval banded agate cameo; set in a gold ring mount of the late 18th or early 19th century; ring size Q
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high

Specialist note

The present cameo of Medusa is almost identical to an example described by Georg Lippold as dating from the Renaissance (see G. Lippold ed., Gemmen und Kameen das Altertums und der Neuzeit, Stuttgart, 1922, pl. CLXII, 7).