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Lot 104
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German, 17th century

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pendant with a skull cameo
  • jasper, mounted in gold
  • German, 17th century

Catalogue Note

A similarly conceived, though possibly Roman, skull in amethyst is illustrated in J. Boardman et al., The art of gem engraving from Alexander the Great to Napoleon III, exh. cat. The Hakone Open-Air Museum and Fukuoka City Museum, 2008, pp. 213 and 355, no. 252.