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German or Italian, 17th century | Cameo with Medusa

Lot Closed

December 7, 03:36 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

German or Italian, 17th century

Cameo with Medusa


sardonyx, in a later ring mount

cameo: 20mm., ¾in.

UK ring size: P

Compare with the German late 16th-century Medusa in the Victoria and Albert Museum and formerly one of the Marlborough gems, which is published by J. Boardman, D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and E. Zwierlein-Diehl, The Marlborough Gems formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, Oxford, 2009, p.. 226, no. 505.