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LOT 0376
Georgian Period Bloodstone Gemstone with Christ Fishing
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.55 grams, 14 mm).
Oval heliotrope intaglio showing a boat on water with an open sail, Christ casting a net in the water, and the boat drawn by the disciples; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 0376
Georgian Period Bloodstone Gemstone with Christ Fishing
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Silver-Gilt Mounted Jet 'Figa' Amulet
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Opening Bid: £300
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Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.
Mano Fico, as protective amulets, have been used since antiquity. It was believed to protect from the evil eye and other dark and magical forces and to promote fertility. In ancient Rome, the fig sign, or mano fico, was made by the pater familias (father of the family) to ward off the evil spirits of the dead as a part of the Lemuria ritual. The ancient Greeks wore amulets of the gesture around the neck to protect from the evil eye, and also used the gesture in artwork. What they considered an overtly sexual gesture was expected to distract evil spirits from causing harm. The pendant would have been worn from a belt or from a chatelaine containing other protective talismans. This carving would have served as a token representing a person's pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, one of the very few places in which jet can be found and mined since at least the Middle Ages.
