Kate Flitcroft
Co-Head of Department UK
Lot 23
HARDSTONE INTAGLIO RING, 19TH CENTURY
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5 December 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,176 inc. premium
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HARDSTONE INTAGLIO RING, 19TH CENTURY
The sard intaglio, possibly depicting a scene with Hector and Achilles, between trifurcated foliate scrolling shoulders, mounted in gold, ring size approximately I (hoop off round)
Footnotes
Please note, the description should read "Paste intaglio ring, 19th Century" and not as stated. This paste intaglio is a copy of the "Gemma Stosch" - an Etruscan carnelian scarab intaglio, engraved with five heroes from The Seven against Thebes legend, dating to the early 5th century BC. This gem was discovered in Perugia, Italy sometime before 1742. It entered the collection of Philip von Stosch (1691-1757) in 1755 (a gift from Count Vicenzio Ansidei of Perugia) and is today held by the Antikensammlung in Berlin. The ancient engraved gem featured as the frontispiece of Winckelmann's "Art History" (1764) and Mario Guarnacci's "Origini Italiche" (1767). See Hansson, U. R., "Stosch, Wincklemann, and the Allure of the Engraved Gems of the Ancients", 2014, ill. p.23, fig. III.7.
Saleroom notices
Please note, the description should read "Paste intaglio ring, 19th Century" and not as stated. This paste intaglio is a copy of the "Gemma Stosch" - an Etruscan carnelian scarab intaglio, engraved with five heroes from The Seven against Thebes legend, dating to the early 5th century BC. This gem was discovered in Perugia, Italy sometime before 1742. It entered the collection of Philip von Stosch (1691-1757) in 1755 (a gift from Count Vicenzio Ansidei of Perugia) and is today held by the Antikensammlung in Berlin. The ancient engraved gem featured as the frontispiece of Winckelmann's "Art History" (1764) and Mario Guarnacci's "Origini Italiche" (1767). See Hansson, U. R., "Stosch, Wincklemann, and the Allure of the Engraved Gems of the Ancients", 2014, ill. p.23, fig. III.7.
