ID 773372
Lot 38 | A GREEK GARNET RINGSTONE WITH APOLLO KITHAROIDOS
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (2.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Paul Julius Arndt (1865-1937), Munich (impression of gem preserved in In Memoriam: Collezione Paul Arndt).
Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by descent.
Masterpieces in Miniature: Ancient Engraved Gems Formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Christie's, New York, 29 April 2019, lot 25, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
J.M. Moret, Les pierres gravées antiques représentant le rapt du Palladion, Mainz, 1997, p. 16, n. 11, pl. 71, fig. 51.
J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 137, no. 125.
| Medium: | Cameo glass, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Hellenistic period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Cameo glass, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Hellenistic period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Greece, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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