LOT 94 A MID 19TH CENTURY SHELL CAMEO OF ANDROMACHE ATTEMPTING TO R...
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A MID 19TH CENTURY SHELL CAMEO OF ANDROMACHE ATTEMPTING TO RESTRAIN HECTOR BEFORE HIS ENCOUNTER WITH ACHILLIESThe oval cameo carved with a scene from Homer's Iliad, Book VI, with Hector as the central figure wearing armour and his wife Andromache begging him to not go to battle with Achilles, in a gold foliate C scroll borderSize/dimensions: 6.9cm wideGross weight: 26.1 gramsAfter an 18th century intaglio by Luigi Pichler.品相报告: Some small hairline fractures, there is some rubbing to the high relief, there is some scratches and scuffs to the setting, the brooch pin has been later applied
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