Inv. n°: MMoCA692

Roman Cameo Engraved of a Dog Lying

The oval stone carved from layered agate, with two distinctive layers of cream above translucent brown, depicting a couchant dog, his head resting between his paws, the furry tail curling around his left hind leg.

h. 1.4 x w. 1.9 cm

1st century AD

Brown and Beige Agate

Provenance

  • Ex Private Collection of George Spencer, IV Duke of Malborough (1739 - 1817), Blenheim Palace, United Kingdom
  • Christie, Manson & Woods, London, The Marlborough Gems sale, 28th June 1875, lot 710
  • David Bromilow, Esq., High Sheriff of Leicestershire, Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK, 1875
  • Thence by descent to Mrs Julia H. M. Jary, Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK, 1898
  • Christie, Manson & Woods, London, The Marlborough Gems sale, lot 710
  • Private collection of Jane Davies (1877-1972), London, United Kingdom
  • Thence by descent to Sara Crisp
  • Bonhams, Antiquities Sale, London, 28th October 2009, lot 323
  • Acquired from David Ghezelbash Archeologie at TEFAF, Maastricht, 2011

Publications

  • M. H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Catalogue of The Marlborough Gems being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough, United Kingdom, 1870, p. 115, lot 710
  • Christie, Manson & Woods, The Marlborough Gems Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough: Which be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, United Kingdom, 28th June 1875, p. 109, lot 710
  • Christie, Manson & Woods, The Marlborough Gems Being a Collection of Works in Cameo and Intaglio Formed by George, Third Duke of Marlborough: Which be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, United Kingdom, 26th June 1899, p. 119, lot 710
  • J. Boardman et al., The Malborough Gems, formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, O.U.P., 2009, p. 234, no. 528
  • Bonhams, Antiquities Sale Catalogue, London, 28th October 2009, lot 323
  • David Ghezelbash Archéologie, Paris, 2010, lot 20
  • C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 99
  • C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 87

Exhibitions

  • TEFAF, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2011 — 2011
  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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