Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels
Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels
PROBABLY BRITISH, CIRCA 1800 | CAMEO WITH PAN
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July 9, 12:38 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PROBABLY BRITISH, CIRCA 1800
CAMEO WITH PAN
hardstone, mounted in a later ring
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The faun is in the guise of the antique. See for example the possibly 1st-century sardonyx cameo with a faun in the Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle illustrated in D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and J. Boardman, The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle, London and New York, 2017, p. 47, no. 40.