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LOT 0389
Pair of Elaborate Gold and Silver Earrings Set with Diamonds
OTTOMAN, 1870-1900 A.D.
4 in. (53.62 grams total, 10.1-10.2 cm).
Each earring composed of five articulated segments, masterfully crafted in silver and gold with an openwork gold base frame executed in the ajour technique extending to the edges; the upper section featuring a hexagonal stud centred by a table-cut diamond within a border of small inset stones, followed by heart-shaped and hexagonal links adorned with further diamonds; the central rosette displaying a prominent diamond encircled by six flat-cut stones, with the interstitial lobes and the hexagonal double frame highlighted by rows of tiny diamonds; the reverse richly ornamented with a stylised flowering plant motif, two leaves flanking a central stem surmounted by a round flower, all defined in silver-set diamonds against the openwork gold ground, further enclosed by a twin ring of zig-zagging diamond lines; suspended below, a claw-form dangle holding a large round pearl, capped above and below with diamond-set finials. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in 2010.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12802-241417.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Galerie Georges Petit, Catalogue des Perles, Pierrerries Bijoux. S.M. Sultan Abd-Ul-Hamid II, Paris, 1911, no.198-202.
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LOT 0389
Pair of Elaborate Gold and Silver Earrings Set with Diamonds
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000€20,880 - 27,840 (for guidance only)$24,300 - 32,400 (for guidance only)
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Life Size Marble Julian Style Bust
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £28,600
Carved in the round, displaying an emperor or noble with thick hair cut in the Julian style and combed forward onto the brow; with finely-modelled features and stern expression; mounted on a custom-made stand. 33 kg total, 68 cm including stand
Acquired on the German art market. European private collection, 1970s-early 2000s. Acquired from the above; thence by descent. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12791-234562. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The bust is characteristic of the taste that prevailed in France since the Italian wars of Napoleon. The quality of the carving is high and stylistically recalls the school of Antonio Canova. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Composed of irregular and facetted beads interspersed with small glass beads; restrung. 53 grams, 36 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Persian Engraved Brass Vessel
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With tapering body and two lateral strap handles; reserved flower and tendril motifs across the surface with inset foliate panels: Side A - above, kneeling figure among tendrils, below: figure riding a goat; Side B - above: figure crouching among tendrils, below: figure riding a horse; base stamped 'Kinco'. 463 grams, 22.8 cm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
