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LOT 1976
Post Medieval Portrait Cameo Collection
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (40 grams total, 29-36 mm).
Comprising: malachite cameo with a profile bust of a clean-shaven man wearing an ivy leaf wreath; a domed amethyst-coloured glass intaglio with a deeply engraved bust of a young maiden, inscribed 'C. BROWN F.T.' below; a domed glass intaglio with nimbate Jesus making a blessing gesture. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
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LOT 1976
Post Medieval Portrait Cameo Collection
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Bedouin Silver-Coloured Metal Ring with Gemstone
20th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D-section hoop with scroll design, large bezel with tendril decoration underneath, set with a lapis lazuli intaglio with a fantastical beast motif. 8.80 grams, 30.14 mm overall, 18.20 x 17.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
London, UK, collection, 1980s-1990s. -
Egyptian Style Green Stone Hedgehog Amulet
20th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex in section, asterisk to underside, eyes drilled to accept inserts. 1.58 grams, 19 mm
Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. -
Life-Size Stone Head of a Centaur
18th century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Carved in the round bust depicting a faun or centaur with a youthful face; the hair falling in exuberant curls over the goat-like ears, the mouth parted in laughter, the eyes set beneath a stern brow; on an integral pedestal base with repair to reverse. 21.4 kg, 45 cm high
Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13392-259012.
Monumental marble centaurs were excavated together at Hadrian's Villa in December 1736. Pope Clement XIII secured them for the Capitoline Museum, where they remain to this day. Bronze reproductions of the famous centaurs were very much in vogue amongst the Grand Tour travellers of the 18th century.
