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The Beauty Within: Gems from the Chenel Collection (lots 31-42)

Italian, 18th century | Cameo with a man holding a theatre mask

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December 16, 01:37 PM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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The Beauty Within: Gems from the Chenel Collection (lots 31-42)

Italian, 18th century

Cameo with a man holding a theatre mask


chalcedony

32.7mm., 1.29in.

Chenel collection, Paris
Ancient cameos exist showing the subject holding a theatre mask. See, for example, the Roman 1st-century cameo with a sibyl and a satyr holding an older satyr mask at Alnwick Castle, published by D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and J. Boardman, The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle, London, 2017, p. 21, no. 16.