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MORELLI

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MORELLI
POCKET "CAMEO
Cameo on sardonyx - Profile of a young woman
18k (750) gold
Signed - Early 19th century
Dim. : 4.2 x 3.3 cm approx. - Pb. weight : 26 gr

Niccolò Morelli (1771 - 1838) marked his time as one of the most famous and talented glypticians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Morelli's cameos are held in the world's greatest museums and most prestigious private collections. Under the patronage of the
Bonaparte family, Morelli honored imperial commissions, drawing his inspiration from Greco-Roman antiquity.

A sardonyx and gold cameo, signed Morelli