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25 avril 2012

A diamond necklace/tiara, circa 1890

A diamond necklace/tiara, circa 1890
A diamond necklace-tiara, circa 1890. Photo Bonhams The chain of old brilliant-cut diamonds in box collet settings, suspending a similarly set radiating fringe alternating with foliate motifs, on a knife-edge back-chain with diamond trefoils, diamonds...
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25 avril 2012

A rare bronze mirror with four stylized dragons and 16 arcs, China, early Western Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), c. 2nd century BC

A rare bronze mirror with four stylized dragons and 16 arcs, China, early Western Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), c. 2nd century BC
A rare bronze mirror with four stylized dragons and 16 arcs, China, early Western Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), c. 2nd century BC. FOTODESIGN-DOEBLER@WEB.DE the carefully and well cast mirror is decorated with a knob in a square field in the centre, surrounded...
25 avril 2012

A 15th century gold marriage ring

A 15th century gold marriage ring
A 15th century gold marriage ring. Photo Bonhams The ring engraved with amatory inscription 'iea do re' (Je adore), each group of letters connected by double heart and cross motifs, on a cross-hatched ground, ring size N½. Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000, US$...
25 avril 2012

A Roman tinned bronze mirror. Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.

A Roman tinned bronze mirror. Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
A Roman tinned bronze mirror. Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Photo Bonhams With a separately-cast Hercules club handle with knopped details and a mask at the join of the mirror and handle, the mirror with a pierced border, the slightly concave reverse with...
25 avril 2012

A gold, paste and enamel 'memento mori' ring, 1727

A gold, paste and enamel 'memento mori' ring, 1727
A gold, paste and enamel 'memento mori' ring, 1727. Photo Bonhams The coffin-shaped bezel depicting the image of a skeleton, overlaid with a similarly shaped transparent paste in a collet setting, another skeleton curving round the hoop rendered in black...
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25 avril 2012

An Etruscan bronze mirror. Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C

An Etruscan bronze mirror. Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C
An Etruscan bronze mirror. Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C. Photo Bonhams The reverse of the mirror engraved with a Bacchic figural scene of a dancing maenad holding a thyrsus and a nude male figure holding a timpanum, with scrolling foliate decoration around...
25 avril 2012

A 17th century gold posy ring

A 17th century gold posy ring
A 17th century gold posy ring. Photo Bonhams The hoop engraved with elaborate floral motifs, the interior engraved 'love ever or never', indistinct maker's mark, ring size I½ - Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000, US$ 2,400 - 3,200. Found in the 'Gainsborough Area',...
25 avril 2012

Rich offerings of Chinese art fill two-day June auction at Bonhams

Rich offerings of Chinese art fill two-day June auction at Bonhams
A fine and rare eight panel cinnabar lacquer screen with jade and semi-precious stone embellishments, 18th/19th century. Est. $150,000-250,000. Photo: Bonhams. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams in San Francisco announced its two day auction of Fine Asian Works...
25 avril 2012

Stunning 12th century carved marble basin tops Bonhams Islamic and Indian sale in London

Stunning 12th century carved marble basin tops Bonhams Islamic and Indian sale in London
12th century basin. Photo: Bonhams LONDON.- A 12th century Zangid carved marble basin from Syria, with a fine Kufic inscription sold today (24.4.12) for £193,250 at Bonhams sale of Indian and Islamic art in London. The inscriptions contain references...
24 avril 2012

An exceptional Beijing-enamelled 'European landscape' snuff bottle. Mark and period of Qianlong

An exceptional Beijing-enamelled  'European landscape' snuff bottle.  Mark and period of Qianlong
An exceptional Beijing-enamelled 'European landscape' snuff bottle. Mark and period of Qianlong. Photo Sotheby's of compressed spherical form tapered to an oval foot rising to a circular mouth, the decoration set within cord-decorated circular borders...
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