ID 1334730
Los 38 | A ROMAN AGATE CAMEO WITH A DOG
Schätzwert
£ 30 000 – 50 000
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.; SET IN A 19TH CENTURY BROOCH
Cameo: ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) wide
Provenance
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire; thence by continuous descent to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.
The Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, Christie's, London, 28 June-1 July 1875, lot 710.
David Bromilow (1809-1898), Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, acquired from the above; thence by descent to his daughter, Julia Harriet Mary Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire.
The Marlborough Gems: A Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, Purchased by the Late David Bromilow, Esq., of Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, the Property of Mrs. Jary, Christie's, London, 26-29 June 1899, lot 710.
Grant Duff, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).
Jane Davies (1877-1972), London; thence by descent to her great-granddaughter, Sara Crisp.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 28 October 2009, lot 323.
with David Ghezelbash Archeologie, Paris, acquired from the above (Archeologie, 2010, no. 20).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.
Literature
N. Story-Maskelyne, The Marlborough Gems: Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, London, 1870, p. 115, no. 710.
J. Boardman, et al., The Marlborough Gems, Formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, London, 2009, p. 234, no. 528.
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World: The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, p. 99.
C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique: Le Bestiaire Levett, Mougins, 2016, p. 87.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA692).
| Material: | Cameo Glas |
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| Material: | Cameo Glas |
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