Shell Cameo Rome around 1860 Iphigenia in Tauris in front of the Temple of Artemis

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SKU: 20142752
Category: Archive

Jewelry: Miniatures and Objet d'art

Periods: Historicism and Edwardian

Material: Shell, Jett and amber

Color: Brown

Collections: Cameo and intaglio

Material: Clam.

Punzierung: nicht punziert.

Maße: Maße der Kamee: 4,4 x 3,4 cm.

Gewicht: 6,5 Gramm

Zustand: Wunderschön erhalten, keine Stresslines oder Risse, frisch gereinigt, siehe Fotos.

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Beautiful and antique cameo made of a genuine cut mussel mixture in high oval format, with finely cut, extremely rare scenic depiction of Iphigenia on Tauris in front of the temple of the goddess Artemis, next to a sacrificial vial.
Iphigenia was the daughter of the Greek hero Agamemnon, who had aroused the wrath of the goddess of hunting, Artemis, by carelessness. Out of revenge Artemis let no wind arise off Agamemnon's coast when he wanted to set off for war in Troy. To appease the wrath of the goddess Agamemnon had to sacrifice his daughter to Artemis. But Artemis took pity on the girl and kidnapped her from the altar of sacrifice through the air to Tauris, her sanctuary, where Iphigenia had to serve in the temple of the goddess. Only then did Artemis raise the wind that Agamemnon urgently needed to sail to Troy to war.

This unframed cameo was built around 1860 in Rome and is a wonderful example of the intense worship of antiquity at that time. By the representation of this extremely rare subject, she is a sought after object for the connoisseur of ancient gem art.

Height: 4.4 cm.
Width: 3,4 cm.
Weight: 6.5 grams.
Condition: Beautifully preserved, no stress lines or cracks, freshly cleaned, see photos.

You will receive the cameo in one of our high-quality cases and with a certificate of authenticity personally issued to you.

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