Bertolami Fine Arts

Auction 86  –  9 December 2020

Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 86

Glyptic

We, 09.12.2020, from 3:00 PM CET
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Description

A roman late republian agate intaglio. Actor with mask.

1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.

11 x 12 x 3 mm

The juvenile face, turned to the left, has on his head (still partially worn over his face) the mask of an old character. The composition can be referred to the gryllos typology, without excluding a certain apotropaic component.

U.K. private collection

Estimate: GBP 400 - 600

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