A men's 18k gold ring with a neoclassical intaglio. - image-1
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Lot 306 Dα

A men's 18k gold ring with a neoclassical intaglio.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 14:00 - Jewellery, Furniture, Objects of Vertu, Boxes, Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 1.600 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.108 € (incl. premium)
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A men's 18k gold ring with a neoclassical intaglio.

The transluscent chalcedony (ca. 23 x 19 mm) finely carved with a depiction of a mythological sacrificial scene of two men before an altar of friendship. The ring size changed, wear to the band. Top of ring H 2.6 cm. Weight 20.1 g.
Late 18th / early 19th C., the setting possibly later.

A fine example of sentimental neoclassical gem carving, stylistically related to the works of Giovanni Pichler.

Provenance

Private collection, England.

Literature

Cf. Berges, Klassizistische Gemmen und Kameen der Sammlung Maxville-Sommerville, Rahden 2011, no. 130; Scarisbrick u.a., Parures du pouvoir, 2007, p. 210; Engraved gems in the Roman world, in "The art of gem engraving from Alexander the Great to Napoleon III", 2008, no. 221; "Le cabinet de curiosités de Francois Antonovich", catalog Christie's auction Paris, 6.10. 2014, lot 115.