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LOT 0340
Renaissance Gold Ring with Carnelian Gemstone of a Resting Hero
WESTERN EUROPE, 16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.66 grams, 23.39 mm overall, 17.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)).
Comprising a round-section hoop with foliate decoration on the shoulders, oval setting with a beaded border and gadrooned underside, set with a
dark carnelian intaglio depicting a warrior hero, in heroic nudity, resting after the battle; such images usually referring to the god Ares or heroes like Achilles or Theseus; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
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.13394-257950.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 658, 664, for type.
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LOT 0340
Renaissance Gold Ring with Carnelian Gemstone of a Resting Hero
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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Chalcedony Gemstone with Helmeted Bust
18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Translucent intaglio showing a bust facing right with a corner of a round shield covering the shoulder, wearing a crested helmet with a snake-head finial. 1.04 grams, 19 mm
UK private collection, acquired on the English art market in the 2000s. -
Georgian Gold Ring with Carnelian Gemstone with Head of Papposilenus
Italy, 18th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Narrow hoop forked at the shoulders and supporting an oval open-backed setting with a slightly convex orange carnelian intaglio depicting the head of Papposilenus facing, wearing a wreath on his bald head, long beard and open mouth; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 3.31 grams, 21.59 mm overall, 18.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
There is a stable internal fissure within the intaglio.
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.13317-257960.
The image, derived from Graeco-Roman mythology, represents Papposilenus, a semi-bestial figure with a round face dominated by a thick, unkempt beard and a completely bald head. The subject depicted is the eldest Silenus (the meaning of his name) and the wisest of Dionysus’s retinue; indeed, the infant Dionysus was entrusted to his care. -
French Carnelian Gemstone with King Henry IV in Gold Ring
19th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Finely engraved intaglio portraying a left-facing bust of Henry IV (1553–1610), King of France, in armour, with a decorated gorget and distinctive curled beard, set in a high-carat gold bezel and later fitted with a modern plain shank; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.24 grams, 21.83 mm overall, 19.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)
Acquired on the European art market.
The engraving is directly after a medallic portrait by Guillaume Dupré, Henry IV’s official medallist, which was widely circulated during the king’s reign and thereafter. The king’s profile is clearly drawn from a familiar medallic type, often used in the 17th and 18th centuries as a symbol of royal authority and dynastic legitimacy.
