Cassis madagascariensis - Cameo - Hand-engraved cameo

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Unisex specimen: hand-carved oval cameo on Cassis madagascariensis shell, Italian origin, by V. Langella, depicting Bacchus; weight 20.68 g, 63 mm high by 49 mm wide, with no laboratory report.

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Magnificent oval cameo hand-engraved on a Cassis madagascariensis shell, made by V. Langella, an engraver belonging to the prestigious artistic tradition of Torre del Greco, the world capital of cameo art.

The cameo depicts the profile of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, of the harvest, of fertility, of festivity and intoxication. In Greek mythology he corresponds to Dionysus, from whom much of his myth and iconography derive.

Weight 20.68 g
Cameo measurements 63 mm (height) x 49 mm (width)

It will be shipped with gift packaging and a materials guarantee

Magnificent oval cameo hand-engraved on a Cassis madagascariensis shell, made by V. Langella, an engraver belonging to the prestigious artistic tradition of Torre del Greco, the world capital of cameo art.

The cameo depicts the profile of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, of the harvest, of fertility, of festivity and intoxication. In Greek mythology he corresponds to Dionysus, from whom much of his myth and iconography derive.

Weight 20.68 g
Cameo measurements 63 mm (height) x 49 mm (width)

It will be shipped with gift packaging and a materials guarantee

Details

Era
After 2000
Laboratory report
No laboratory report
Metal
Cassis madagascariensis
Brand jewellery
No
Total weight
20.68 g
Condition
As new - unused
Gender
Unisex
Country of origin
Italy
Title additional information
Hand-engraved cameo
ItalyVerified
90
Objects sold
100%
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