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Lot 1118
19th century English school - half-length portrait of middle-aged woman wearing a lace bonnet, miniature watercolour on ivory, 7 x 6cm; and a mid-19th century English school - bust portrait of a middle-aged woman wearing a lace bonnet, pencil heightened with white on paper, 9 x 6.2cm (2)Ivory submission ref: B5G5SJ49Black dress – slightly faded and grubby, otherwise no apparent faults, ivory good with no splits.Pencil – paper with some discolouration and fading, scorch mark at 8 o’clock, otherwise no apparent faults.
Lot 102
A FINE ROMAN GOLD RING WITH A GARNET INTAGLIO. SCENE OF METAMORPHOSIS. 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D. Stone 9x14 mm; int. Size 14,5x16 mm; 5,04 gr With hollowed rounded hoop, flatten within, expanding upwards and set with a large oval cabochon garnet.To the right, a seated female figure with uncovered bust and draped legs, probably a nymph. Deer antlers appear on her head. In front of her, on the left, a doe kisses her on the mouth. Unusual and rare scene. According to the myth, the transformation into a deer can be referred to a male figure (Actaeon). Fine execution. Wear marks. Provenance: From a private collection, France, acquired on the art market in the early 2000s
Lot 133
A PAIR OF GOLD CUFFLINKS WITH TWO HARDSTONE INTAGLIO. FORTUNA TYCHE - PORTRAIT OF AN EMPEROR. 2nd century A.D. (carnelian) - 17th/18th century (bloodstone). Gold 19th century. Stone 11x15 mm; 13x15 mm; Mounting 20x22 mm; Total weight 8,11 gr A Roman period carnelian intaglio with Fortuna - Tyche holding rudder and cornucopia, with inscription; modern bloodstone intaglio with laureated bust of Emperor facing right. Both gems are mounted in archaeological revival style gold cufflinks, in an old box "Maison Briquet - 29 Place Vendome". Provenance: U.K private collection
Lot 159
A ROMAN FRAGMENTARY GOLD RING SET WITH A CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. BUST OF ASCLEPIOS. 1st-2nd century A.D.Stone 13x15 mm; 2,24 grThe god is facing left, the back in three-quarters. He is laureated and with his stick intertwined by a snake. Wear marks. The mounting is fragmentary (hoop missing). Provenance: U.K. private collection
Lot 160
A ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. BUST OF JUPITER. 1st century A.D.7x10,5x3 mmThe divinity is turned to the left, with the modius on top of the head and the tunicated bust. Considering the very small size of the stone, the work is performed with great technical skill. Wear marks.Provenance: U.K private collection
Lot 161
A ROMAN AGATE INTAGLIO. BUST OF ZEUS SERAPIS. 1st - 2nd century A.D. 14x18x5 mm The effigy is facing left, with the tunicated bust and the modius on top of the head. The deity is engraved in the caramel brown layer of the agate over the thicker white layer, creating a attractive contrasted effect. Wear marks. Provenance: The Gustave Mustaki collection, exported from Egypt under licence c.1950 and gifted to Elsa MacLellan, his daughter, thence by descent.
Lot 162
A ROMAN AGATE INTAGLIO. BUST OF ZEUS. 1st century A.D.12x14x6 mm; The god is facing left wearing the modius. Wear marks. Provenance: Formerly Swiss private collection, acquired in the early 1990's, then by descent, family collection since 1998. This lot is sold under temporary import status.
Lot 163
A ROMAN SARD INTAGLIO SET IN A LATER GOLD RING. BUST OF ZEUS SERAPIS. 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D. Stone 10x12 mm; Int. Size 15x18 mm; 5,80 gr After a Greek Late Hellenistic model. Frontal bust of Zeus Serapis with a large ornated modius on top of the head. The stone is cracked across the eye. Some missing on the modius. Wear marks. Provenance: U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.
Lot 166
A ROMAN BURNT AGATE INTAGLIO SET IN A MODERN GOLD RING. BUST OF HERMES. 1st - 2nd century A.D.Stone 9x12 mm; int. size 16x19 mm; 17,42 grThe deity is depicted with the three-quarters bust to the right and the head slightly three-quarters facing to the left. The bust is draped, the wings on the head and the caduceus behind the shoulder. Burnt stone.Provenance: From a private collection, France, acquired from Galerie Mariaud de Serres, Paris, in the early 2000s
Lot 167
A ROMAN SARD INTAGLIO. BUST OF HERMES WITH THE CADUCEUS. 1st-2nd century A.D. 12,5x15x2 mm Bust of young Mercury, almost to the chest, facing left. In front of him, the caduceus. Nice vivid tone. Wear marks. Provenance: From a private collection, France, acquired From the Galerie de Serres, Paris in the 1990s-early 2000s
Lot 17
A SASANIAN GOLD RING WITH A NICOLO INTAGLIO. MALE BUST WITH AN EMBLEMA. 2nd - 3rd century A.D.Stone 14x17 mm; int. Size 13x15 mm; 8,44 grWith massive hoop, rounded without and flatten within, expanding upwards on the carenated shoulders surmounting a flat almond-shaped bezel set with a raised nicolo intaglio; Male bust facing left with a monogram. Wear marks. Provenance: From a private collection, France, acquired on the art market in the early 2000s
Lot 172
A ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. BUST OF A GODDESS. 2nd century A.D. Stone 11x13 mm; 9,90 gr; int. size 19,5x20,5 mm With rounded hoop, the shoulders agremented with two gold spherical beads surmounting a layered bezel set with a carnelian intaglio depicting a laureated divinity facing left; probably Apollo. Surface of the mounting has been retooled. Wear marks. Provenance: U.K. private collection
Lot 176
A LATE ROMAN AGATE CAMEO SET IN A GOLD RING. HELMETED BUST.3rd - 4th century A.D. Stone 13x19 mm; int. Size 18,5x19 mm; 16,33 grThe effigy, turned to the right, is wearing the chlamys, showing a naked shoulder. The stone has been vigorously engraved in high relief, with a clear detachment of the figure from the field. Probably Athena, or a soldier. Some chippings and small lacks. Wear marks. See: Martin Henig, The Content Cameos, p. 76 n.137. Provenance: European collection, acquired on the market, early 2000's.
Lot 179
A LARGE ROMAN TWO LAYERED AGATE INTAGLIO. DOUBLE BUST PORTRAIT. 2nd - 3rd century A.D.12x19x4 mmTo the left side a draped male bust, to the right the bust of Helios. The two characters look at each other. On the sides of each one, a stylized torch. Slight wear marks.Provenance: U.K private collection
Lot 19
A FINE SASANIAN GOLD RING WITH A NICOLO INTAGLIO. BUST OF A WOMAN WITH MOON, STAR AND INSCRIPTION. 5th - 6th century A.D. Stone 13x15 mm; int. size 18x20 mm; 16,35 grWith rounded hoop, flatten within and expanding in carenated shoulders, surmounted by a raised box setting with a gold spherical bead on top (in order to specify the position for the impression). The intaglio depicts a female bust facing left with hair ornaments, large earrings and necklace. In the field, star and moon. On the right, a pahlavi inscription. Wear marks, chip on the edge.Provenance: From a private collection, France, acquired on the London art market in the early 2000s
Lot 192
A FINE ROMAN AGATE INTAGLIO. PORTRAIT OF LIVIA.End of 1st century B.C. - Early 1st century A.D.9x12x2 mmThe imperial effigy is turned to the left, and has a draped bust. The profile is characterized by the typical facial features of Livia, with a slightly aquiline nose, small mouth, slightly spherical chin, large eye, delicate and elegant features. The hair is characterized by the typical presence of a double braid above the brow (nodus) which is gathered behind the neck in a bun; the curls escaping from the bands of hair at the side of the face. The hair is finely chiselled with very fine wavy lines. Considering the very small size of the gem and the very high technical quality, it can be considered one of the best intaglio of her portraits in existence. The stone is slightly burnt. Wear marks.For a very similar portrait, see: the beautiful sardonyx cameo with the portrait of Livia in Leiden, Rijksmuseum. One of Livia's finest portraits. See also. The British Museum database, n. 1867,0507.491 sard intaglio set in a gold ring with an inscription (LEU in Greek). See M. L. Volleinweider, Die portraitgemmen der romischen Republik, tafel 167, and the coinage production of her time. Provenance: U.K. private collection
Lot 193
A ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. PORTRAIT OF JULIA TITI. 1st century A.D.12x15x3 mmBust portrait of Julia Titi (63-91 A.D.), daughter of the Roman emperor Titus. The princess is facing left and is characterized by her typically elaborated hair. The bust is tunicated. Missing on the edge and chips. Wear marks.Medailles et antiques.bnf database: inv. inv.58.2089; Vollenweider, M.-L.., Avisseau-Broustet, Mathilde. Camées et intailles, II, Les portraits romains du Cabinet des Médailles. Paris : Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2003, p.128-129, n°145.Le trésor de Saint-Denis [cat.exp.]. Paris : RMN, 1991, p.92-98; 50;199; 348, n°13 D. Gaborit-Chopin.Chéron, Elisabeth-Sophie. Pierres antiques gravées tirées des principaux cabinets de la France. Paris : 1709, pl. XXXIX, Julie, fille de Tite. Aigue-marine du trésor de Saint-DenisProvenance: Formerly in the D.C. collection, London ; acquired by an international french collector from the above in the early 2000s.
Lot 195
A FINE ROMAN GARNET INTAGLIO. MALE PORTRAIT. Early 1st century A.D.17x19x3 mmPrivate portrait of a Roman character from the late Republican age. The effigy faces left and is engraved with great skill. The man is characterized by features of mature age, with a partially bald skull, a pronounced nose, slightly open mouth, pronounced cheekbone; the bust is draped. The subject refers to the time of Julius Caesar and recalls characters such as Cicero, Maecenas and also the dictator Silla. Large stone, characterized by a splendid dark amber color. Wear marks.For a similar portrait and style: M-L. Vollenweider, Camees et intailles. Les portraits romains du Cabinet des medailles, Tome II n. 2, 13, 15. M-L. Vollenweider, Die portratgemmen der romischen Republik, taf. 58, 64 ss. For a similar portrait using the samew type of stone, see G.M.A. Richter, Catalogue of the engraved gems (MET), p. 104 n. 474.Provenance: U.K. private, acquired on the art market 1980s-1990s
Lot 196
A FINE ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. IMPERIAL BUST PORTRAIT OF A MATRONA.1st century A.D.8 x 10 x 2 mmFacing right, her face characterized by young features, her long hair tied behind and adorned with a large braided lock. The iconography is referable to the Julio Claudian - Flavian models, as the Antonia's portraits. Chip on the back of the stone. Fine details for the very small size of the stone. Provenance: From the collection of an European gentleman, acquired on the art market
Lot 201
A LATE IMPERIAL ROMAN GARNET INTAGLIO. BUST OF AN EMPRESS.4th century A.D.13x17x2 mmThe portrait is facing left. She is characterized by elaborate hair, with a group of braids that goes down the nape of the neck going up to the ear; the other hair is pulled back and held by a diadem with pearls. The woman wears double pearl earrings and a precious pearl necklace. The bust is tunicated. The profile shows a straight and prominent nose, a small mouth, a small and rounded chin, a large eye. The anatomical details of the face and hair are certainly referable to a portrait of an empress of the late Roman period. The technical execution is very refined. The portrait is executed with great art, worthy of a commission from the imperial family. Even the choice of stone, a splendid, very thin garnet, with a concave back, can be attributed to a top-level atelier. Wear marks. The portrait approaches the effigies of Theodora. The empress Flavia Maximiana Theodora (c. 275 – before 337) had been married to the emperor Constantius I ‘Chlorus’ (A.D. 305-306). Her coin portraits become more elaborate over time, with the bust adorned with a necklace and a more elaborate hairstyle. A certain resemblance is also recognizable with the portraits of Fausta, the ill-fated wife of Constantine I 'the Great' (A.D. 307-337), and of Flavia Julia Helena Augusta (c. AD 246/248– c. 330) mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. Provenance: U.K. private collection acquired on the british art market.
Lot 202
A LATE ROMAN NICOLO INTAGLIO SET IN A OPENWORK GOLD RING. MALE PORTRAIT WITH INITIALS. Late 3rd- Early 4th century A.D.Stone 13x17 mm; int. Size 17,5x22 mm; 14,69 gr.With large hoop with elaborated openwork shoulders with floral and volutes patterns extanding on an oval bezel set with a nicolo intaglio depicting a male bust. The effigy is facing left with draped bust. The portrait is characterized by physionomical and anatomical details typical of Constantine era. The subject is possibly referable to a prince portrait. The four letters surrounding the portrait can be linked to his identity (to be identified). Very good overall condition, slight wear marks and deposits.For a similar portrait see: J.SPIER, Late Antique and Early Christian Gems, n°15,16,22.Provenance: U.K. private collection acquired on the art market.
Lot 253
A ROMAN AGATE INTAGLIO SET IN A GEORGIAN GOLD RING. ALLEGORY OF THE NEMESIS. 1st century A.D.Stone 12x15 mm; int. diam 19 mm; 7,13 grComposed of to joinded rounded hoops surmounted an oval box setting. The junction with intertwined gold wires. The intaglio set is depicting the bust of Helios facing left with a radiated crown. Beneath, the griffin with the wheel. Groundline. Wear marks. Provenance: U.K. private collection
Lot 261
A FINE ANCIENT CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SIGNED AYLOY SET IN A GOLD BROOCH. A DIONYSIAC MASK WITH A GORGONA MASK INSIDE THE MOUTH. End of 1st century B.C. - Early 1st century A.D.Stone 13x20 mm; Brooch 28x51 mm; 9.18 grThis large intaglio is convex on both sides showing wear marks and light superficial scratches of ancient aspect. The mask of Silenus is deeply carved with a small frontal Medusa face inside the open mouth. The dionysiac mask is bearded, frontal, with the head adorned with a crown of ivy; it can be considered a comic mask. The eyes are rendered with a very clear circular engraved lines, the nose is large with globular elements, the thick and long beard engraved with fine and wavy lines to the right. This mask finds its best comparison both for the style, the iconography and the material with a Roman sard intaglio (always convex on both sides) depicting a double theatrical mask, Metropolitan Museum, New York. The eyes, brows, facial look, gaping mouth, beard, and in general the style, match. The intaglio is signed AVΛOY for Aulos on the bottom right. Aulos is considered to have been one of greatest gem engravers reported in ancient references to be in the employ of Augustus during the late 1st Century B.C. along with Dioscorides, Hyllos, and Solon. The Aulos signature can be found in several forms across a number of both ancient and neo-classical engraved gems.Although it is difficult to know for certain, it is suspected that some of the Aulos signatures on ancient engraved gems may have also been added in the Renaissance or Neo-Classical period. However, The signature best compares to a convex amethyst intaglio with a Nereid on a seahorse, from the Sangiorgi Collection sold at Christies . It does not appear that this signature in particular has been excluded completely as a forgery, however, it has been subject to some debate in the scholarship (Boardman and Wagner (Masterpieces in miniature, p. 190) thought possibly original.“). Another close parallel for the style of the signature, see also the Marlborough gem n. 617 (n. 138), a rock crystal intaglio with an Erote holding a giant cornucopia, 1st century B.C. (Tassie 6607). This convex rock crystal from the Marlborough coll. was identified as possibly a genuine work of the engraver Aulos. The style and the model of that dyonisiac mask finds interesting others matches on gems and cast impressions with a similar subject, like from Paoletti, Cades and Tassie. For the signature style, see the comparisons. A further research is necessary. The gem is set in a beautiful gold brooch. The frame around the stone, octagonal in shape and pinkish in tone, seems to belong to an older and earlier setting than the addition of the ornamental part with leaves, in a different metal. Wear marks.For parallels, see: G.M. A. Richter, Catalogue of the engraved gems. Greek-Etruscan-Roman. p. 119 n. 583. J. Boardman, C. Wagner, Masterpieces in miniature, p. 190. See also. L.P.B. Stefanelli, La Collezione Paoletti, vol. I, tomo Tomo II, n. 650 and 654; tomo IV, n 387; British Museum database for "masks"; KHM, red jasper intaglio with an erote putting is face on a large mask of Silenus ( Antikensammlung, IXb 526). Than, William Tassie red sulphur impression 1281 with a Beared Mask, Face (?) visible in the open mouth: Tassie 3884 - Lippert II 967 (Baron the Stain). Beazley Archive for the Marlborough gem 617 (138). See also the burnt intaglio set in a gold ring with Venus and Eros, British Museum with Tassie 6320; The Beverly gem n. 90 with a bust of young Hercules set in a gold ring; five intaglios identified in Philippe von Stosche's - Pierres Antiques Gravees published in 1724 which documented the known signed Aulos gems belived to be ancient at the time. Paralles can be do with Cades- Piombino Boncompagni e Tassie- Strozzi casts (Tassie 2119, 4083, 7896, 7614. Others interesting parallel for the style of the signature must be done with the intaglio showing a bull on a thyrsus signed by Hyllos, Paris, Cabinet des Medailles. G. Richter documents a group of gems by Aulos in the catalogue of the MET. Some others gems, but to be dated as Neoclassical, show an Aulos signature, but usually done with a different manner, like in a carthouche ( Tassie 4084 with the bust of Asclepius, attribuited to Antonio Pichler). Provenance: Brooch setting suggests that the intaglio was mounted in Britain during the late 18th to early 19th century; U.S. private collection, acquired on the art market. This lot is sold under temporary import status.
Lot 269
A ROMAN NICOLO INTAGLIO. BUST OF SERAPIS WITH A GREEK INSCRIPTION. 2nd - 3rd century A.D. 13x16x4 mm The god is facing left wearing the chiton and himation, with his typical foliated beard and hair surmounted by the modius. Beneath, globe and a pillar on a base. The inscription « ELL-AΔΙ » relative to Greece . Slight ancient natural cracks on the surface of the stone and traces of deposit. For a similar iconography see: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, n. 5889; Guilhou Collection, DE RICCI (p.34, n°218, pl. IV). Provenance: U.K. private collection
Lot 291
A LOT OF 2 AGATE INTAGLIOS. PORTRAIT OF AN EMPRESS AND A BUST OF HERMES.2nd - 3rd century A.D.11x14x3 mm; 14x17,5x4 mmThe emperess is facing right, the hairstyle and portrait features are referable to Plautina. The god is facing left, his caduceus behing the shoulder. Wear marks on the surface of the stone. Provenance: U.K. private collection
Lot 312
A LARGE POSTCLASSICAL CHALCEDONY INTAGLIO. TWO BUSTS WITH A SMALL NAISKOS. Probably 16th - 17th century 38x52x3 mmOn the left, bust of Zeus Serapis, on the right, bust of Isis; in the centre, a small naiskos with inside a tripod containing palm fronds. Below, Greek inscription. Revival of ancient models.Large stone. Small chip on the edge. Slight wear marks.Provenance: European collection, acquired on the market, early 2000's.
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