25 décembre 2015

Lot 145. A 35.57 carats Ceylon yellow sapphire and 13.00 carats diamond brooch. Estimate US$ 32,000 - 38,000 €29,000 - 35,000. Unsold. Photo: Bonhams. of cartouche outline, the scrolling circular-cut diamond lines, centering two round-cut yellow sapphires, set vertically, and surmounted by three pear-shaped and two marquise-cut diamonds; estimated total diamond weight 13.00 carats; total sapphire weight 35.57 carats; mounted in platinum; length: 2in. Accompanied by AGL report #CS 69460, dated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 144. A pair of 42.85 carats Ceylon yellow sapphire and 18.34 carats diamond ear pendants. Sold for US$ 47,500 (€43,390). Photo: Bonhams. the circular-cut and pear-shaped diamond heart-shaped motifs suspending clusters centered by an oval-cut yellow sapphires, total weighing 42.85 carats, enclosed in a circular and marquise-cut diamond border; total diamond weight: 18.34 carats; mounted in platinum; length: 2 1/4in. Accompanied by AGL report #CS 69234 A and B, dated July 30, 2015, stating the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 143. A 23.89 carats yellow Ceylon sapphire and diamond pendant brooch. Sold for US$ 27,500 (€25,121). Photo: Bonhams. centering an oval-cut yellow sapphire, weighing 23.89 carats, enclosed in a circular, pear and marquise-cut diamond border; total diamond weight: 15.37 carats; mounted in platinum; length: 1 3/8in. Accompany by AGL report #CS 69459, dated August 6, 2015, stating the sapphire is: Classic Ceylon (Sri Lankan) origin, no heat or clarity enhancement. Bonhams. FINE... [Lire la suite]

Lot 142. A diamond and 31.66 carats Ceylon yellow sapphire ring. Sold for US$ 37,500 (€34,255). Photo: Bonhams. centering an oval-cut yellow sapphire, weighing 31.66 carats, enclosed in a circular and marquise-cut diamond border; estimated total diamond weight: 9.00 carats; mounted in platinum; size 6 Accompanied by AGL report # CS 69233, dated July 30, 2015, stating the sapphire is: Ceylon (Sri Lanka) origin, no heat and clarity enhancement. Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY, 8 Dec 2015 10:00... [Lire la suite]

Lot 141. An important 5.23 carats Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring. Sold for US$ 269,000 (€245,729). Photo: Bonhams. set with an oval-cut sapphire, weight 5.23 carats, flanked by half-moon-cut diamonds; mounted in platinum; size 6 Accompanied by AGL report #CS 71620, dated November 10, 2015, stating the sapphire is: Kashmir origin, no indications of heat or clarity enhancement. Accompanied by GIA reports #2145141415 and #1142141404, dated December 15, 2011 and November 30, 2011, stating that the diamonds... [Lire la suite]

Lot 149. An important 29.74 carats Ceylon sapphire and diamond ring. Sold for US$ 269,000 (€245,729). Photo: Bonhams. set with a cushion-shaped sapphire, weighing 29.74 carats, enhanced with a diamond pavé-set split shank; mounted in 18k white gold; size 6 1/4 Accompanied by AGL report #CS 37847, dated July 6, 2005, stating the sapphire is: Classic Ceylon (Sri Lankan) origin, no clarity or heat enhancement. Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY, 8 Dec 2015 10:00 EST, NEW YORK

Plaque "Episode from the Aeneid: Dido can build a pyre and offerings to the gods", c. 1502, Limoges. Copper & glass flux and metal oxide & Gold, Polychrome enamel painting and gold drawing. Height: 23.0 - Width: 20. Ident.Nr. K 5098. Kunstgewerbemuseum © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage.  Episode from the most popular story in Virgil's Aeneid, the love story between the Carthaginian Queen Dido and the Trojan Aeneas. Meanwhile... [Lire la suite]

Plaque "Episode from the Aeneid: The crossing of Aeneas to Sicily", c. 1502, Limoges. Copper & glass flux and metal oxide & Gold, Polychrome enamel painting and gold drawing. Height: 22.7 - Width: 20.2. Ident.Nr. K 5097. Kunstgewerbemuseum © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage.  Episode from the most popular story in Virgil's Aeneid, the love story between the Carthaginian Queen Dido and the Trojan Aeneas. Meanwhile divine purpose is the... [Lire la suite]

Plate "Allegory of a Roman triumphal celebration", Jean de Court, 2nd half 16th century, Limoges. Copper, enamel painting. Width: 54 cm. Ident.Nr. K 5053. Kunstgewerbemuseum © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo: Saturia Linke Limoges, located in the southwest of France, since the Middle Ages was a center of the art of enamelling. Towards the end of 15th century here the enamel painting developed related to copper, majolica and stained glass. With... [Lire la suite]

Pomander with depictions of saints from the treasury of the St. Dionysius to Enger-Herford, Olfactory ball, End of 15th century. Silver, embossed and engraved. Diameter: 6.8 cm - Height: 9.6 cm (with eyelet). Ident.Nr. 1888.641. Kunstgewerbemuseum © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage. Photo: Saturia Linke The ball is driven into two parts of something greater silver sheet and can be opened in the middle, where a corresponding closure, the obscured an... [Lire la suite]