Castellani & Giuliano: The Judith H. Siegel Collection

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Lot 35
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Byzantine-revival gold pendant, Castellani, circa 1870

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Castellani
In the form of an oil lamp, the center applied with the monogram of Christ, accented throughout with filigree, signed with interlaced C's. With original fitted leather case. 

Provenance

An American Institution, sold by Christie's Geneva, November 15, 1972, lot 390

Charterhouse Antiques Ltd.

Exhibited

Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry, The Bard Graduate Center, New York, November 2004-February 2005, p. 372, no. 161. Also exhibited at Somerset House, London, May -September 2005 and Villa Giulia, Rome, November 2005-February 2006.

Catalogue Note

Another Roman-style oil lamp pendant made by Antonio Carli is illustrated in the catalogue The Art of the Jeweller, the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, Hugh Tait ed., Vol. I, p. 153, no. 969 and Vol. II, p. 252, no. 969. 

Gere, C., 'Castellani and Giuliano - Revivalist Jewellers,' Apollo, March 1984: 219.