拍品 105
105
FIFTEEN GREEK GLASS INTAGLIOS AND FOUR GLASS INTAGLIO RINGS
These lots have been imported from outside the EU … 显示更多
FIFTEEN GREEK GLASS INTAGLIOS AND FOUR GLASS INTAGLIO RINGS

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

细节
FIFTEEN GREEK GLASS INTAGLIOS AND FOUR GLASS INTAGLIO RINGS
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
32 mm. long max.
来源
G. Sangiorgi collection (1886-1965), Rome.
Private collection, Monaco, 1970s; thence by descent.
注意事项
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.
拍场告示
Please note that the quantity of this lot should read 19.

荣誉呈献

Beatrice Campi
Beatrice Campi
+44 (0)20 3219 6159

拍品专文

Most of these glass gems are characteristic of the Hellenistic shape - oval, with a flat back and convex front. They show, as expected, standing figures of deities in relaxed or leaning postures, including Aphrodite, Apollo and Dionysos. Others show a figure leaning on a pillar, very popular in Hellenistic art. Glass gems like the ones above were reproduced in series from mould to mould over generations of craftsmen, and there is very little individuality in the repetitive subject matter. These gems are called by D. Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems, Oxford, 1999, p. 73 and passim, accordingly to Pliny's ‘Gems for the Masses’.

更多来自 古代文物

查看全部
查看全部