ID 773399
Lot 10 | A GRECO-PERSIAN CARNELIAN FOUR-SIDED PENDANT
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
ATTRIBUTED TO THE PENDANTS GROUP, CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Size: 7⁄8 in. (2.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Paul Julius Arndt (1865-1937), Munich, acquired by 1904 (impressions of gem preserved in In Memoriam: Collezione Paul Arndt).
Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by descent.
Masterpieces in Miniature: Ancient Engraved Gems Formerly in the G. Sangiorgi Collection, Christie's, New York, 29 April 2019, lot 16, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
H. Bulle, "Antike geschnittene Steine," Zeitschrift des Münchener Alterthums-Vereins XIV and XV, 1903-1904, pp. 1-5, pl. 2, nos. 7-11.
G. Lippold, Gemmen und Kameen des Altertums und der Neuzeit, Stuttgart, 1922, pp. 179, 183, pl. LXV, nos. 1, 3-4 and 6; pl. XCIV, no. 2.
A. Maximova, "Griechisch-persische Kleinkunst in Kleinasien nach den Perserkriegen," Archäologischer Anzeiger 43, 1928, pp. 650-651, and 670, fig. 24.
J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, pp. 316-317, fig. 294, p. 452, no. 145.
P. Zazoff, Die antiken gemmen, Munich, 1983, pp. XXIX, pp. 180, 192, ns. 94, 149; pl. 41, no. 2.
H.C.L. Wiegandt, Die griechischen Siegel klassischer Zeit, Frankfurt, 2009, pl. XVI, no. AbbP1; pl. XI, no. AbaP10; pl. XXXI, nos. BbaP11-12; pp. 21, 29 and 53.
J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, pp. 83-84, no. 74.
| Medium: | Cameo glass, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Classical antiquity |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Cameo glass, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Classical antiquity |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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