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LOT 0389
Diamond Locket Ring Set with Emerald Intaglio of Amor, God of Love, Playing Diaulos
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.82 grams, 23.60 mm overall, 16.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Comprising a segmented hoop with scroll-shaped shoulders, a hinged oval bezel with a secret compartment, and a bezel decorated with twelve cut diamonds around a central green stone intaglio of a winged Amor standing on a prora playing a diaulos
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume II, Leeds, 1994, item 1215.
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LOT 0389
Diamond Locket Ring Set with Emerald Intaglio of Amor, God of Love, Playing Diaulos
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£600 (EUR 696; USD 810) +BP*
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Renaissance Agate Gemstone with Eros Riding a Hippocampus in Gold Ring
16th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Oval banded agate intaglio engraved with Eros riding a hippocamp through the waves and wielding a whip in his hand; set in a later gold ring with openwork shoulders. 4.57 grams, 25.29 mm overall, 17.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)
Acquired on the European art market. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13348-257957.
The term hippocampus originates in the Renaissance, from Julius Caesar Arantius. He originated the term from the Greek word for seahorse (hippos [‘horse’] and kampos [‘sea monster’]). Arantius published his description of the hippocampus in 1587, in the first chapter of his work titled De Humano Foetu Liber. -
Post Classical Gemstone Collection
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: three carnelian intaglios with profile busts; an agate intaglio with profile bust; a lozenge-shaped intaglio with bird and other symbols, possibly made of stained bone; an octagonal green stone intaglio with worn motif; and a lapis lazuli bead. 9.71 gram stotal, 9-24 mm
Acquired on the European art market. -
Classical Greek Style Bronze Vessel
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovoid, fluted body with a narrow neck and a trefoil mouth, the handle formed as a nude youth grasping the tail of a lion resting on the rim. 543 grams, 11.3 cm
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
