LOT 933 Greek Portrait Intaglio Electrotype Group
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19th century AD. A group of electrotypes taken from original intaglios in important collections, each with detailed record sheet and photograph(s) with full provenance and other information for the original, comprising: (1) From The Lewes House Collection and now in The Boston Museum of Fine Arts: gem with bust of a Eastern ruler with cap, Hellenistic Period; scaraboid with bearded profile bust, by Dexamenos, Greek Classical Period; gem with bust of a Eastern ruler with cap, Hellenistic Period; gem with profile male bust, Hellenistic Period; (2) From The Southesk Collection: gem with female bust and legend 'ARIS', no date; ring bezel with head of Kybele murally crowned, no date; gem with bee with woman's face, lyre in the field, no date; gem from a ring with Leucothoe or Galatea swimming, no date; nicolo with bust of a Maenad, no date. See Beazley, J.D. The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, Oxford, 1920; Carnegie, J. Catalogue of the Collection of Antique Gems Formed by James, Ninth Earl of Southesk, 2 vols, London, 1908. 61 grams total, 17-28mm (1/2 - 1"). Property of a London lady; by inheritance from late father-in-law. [10, No Reserve]
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