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5 juin 2011

'Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts' @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Shah Jahan Receives the Persian Ambassador, Muhammad Ali Beg. Folio from the Windsor Padshahnama, India, c. 1633. Ink, colors, and gold on paper. 12 5/8 x 8 5/8. The Royal Collection, Windsor. ©2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. LOS ANGELES, CA.- The...

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Tags: 17th century, 16th Century, Turkey, India, Mosque Lamp, Venice, cameo, Islamic, Comb, Egypt. 11th century

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28 février 2011

Cameo, Paris, Pavillon Noir

Cameo, Paris, Pavillon Noir. Courtesy Artcurial - Briest-Poulain-F.Tajan - Paris Paire de boutons de manchettes "Têtes de mort" en argent canon de fusil orné de diamants noirs et blanc. Signés. Poids brut : 24 g. Estimation : 600 / 800 € Cameo, Paris,...

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Tags: tête de mort, diamants noir, cameo, boutons de manchettes

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23 février 2011

Coral jewelry @ Doyle New York

Indian Silver, Gold, Foiled-Back Diamond and Coral Bead Fringe Necklace . Photo: Courtesy Doyle New York Rose-cut & table-cut diamonds. With adjustable woven black cord. Estimate $1,500-2,000 Unsold Double Strand Coral Bead Necklace with Gold and Coral...

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Tags: Coral, Silver, Indian, gold, turquoise, cameo, Foiled-Back Diamond, Steve Schultz

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13 décembre 2010

18th & 19th century jewelry @ Bonhams

A late 19th century diamond necklace, circa 1870. photo Bonhams Designed as a single line of old brilliant-cut diamonds suspending a fringe of graduated old brilliant-cut diamond drops to pinched collet settings, mounted in silver and gold, diamonds approximately...

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Tags: 19th century, 18th century, diamond, emerald, garnet, snake, cameo, Catalan, Georgian, Giacinto Melillo, star brooch

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12 décembre 2010

Ancient Roman Jewelry @ Christie's New Yok

Three Roman gold-mounted sardonyx cameos. Circa 1st-2nd century A.D. and 3rd century A.D. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2010 All once serving as the central element of an elaborate necklace of the 3rd century, each cameo mounted in an oval bezel with...

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Tags: onyx, Roman, garnet, cameo, sardonyx, banded agate, carnelian, gold-mounted, nicolo, snake ring

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21 novembre 2009

Christie's to Offer Exquisite Antiquities and Ancient Jewelry this December

A late Roman sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Constantine. Circa early 4th-Century A.D. Estimate: $150,000-250,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2009. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present two sales of ancient art, Antiquities and Ancient Jewelry,...

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Tags: Aphrodite, Roman, Egyptian, Attic, Venus, cameo, sardonyx, Colmar painter, Emperor Constantine, Hadrian, red-figured

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1 juin 2009

A blackamoor cameo. Italian work, 18th century

A blackamoor cameo. Italian work, 18th century The oval bezel is set with a banded jasper cameo of two colors, sculpted with a nude bust of a blackamoor in profile to left, in dark brown on a beige ground. Classical gold mounting. Size : 48 x 34 mms Size...

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Tags: 18th century, Blackamoor, Italian work, cameo

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