Lot 106
  • 106

A Hellenistic Glass Cameo, circa 1st Century B.C.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • A Hellenistic Glass Cameo
  • Height 11/16 in. 1.8 cm.
in two layers of white and black glass imitating onyx, cast in high relief with the head of an African boy facing three quarters to left, with finely modeled features and hair arranged in rows of circular curls.

Provenance

Collection of Gawain McKinley, London, Paris, and New York