Name: Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels | 2020 | Sotheby's
Start: 2020-07-03T12:00:00Z
End: 2020-07-09T12:00:00Z
Location: London

A ROMAN GOLD SNAKE RING, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

A ROMAN GOLD AND GLASS BEAD NECKLACE WITH A CENTRAL GOLD MEDALLION OF A GORGONEION, CIRCA 2ND/4TH CENTURY A.D.

A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GLASS EARRINGS, CIRCA 2ND/4TH CENTURY A.D.

A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO EARRINGS, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D

A SUITE OF HELLENISTIC GREEK GOLD JEWELRY, CIRCA LATE 4TH/EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

A ROMAN GOLD NECKLACE WITH A SARDONYX CAMEO PORTRAIT BUST, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

 A BYZANTINE GOLD AND AMETHYST NECKLACE, CIRCA 5TH/7TH CENTURY A.D.

A ROMAN GOLD AND BANDED AGATE RING, CIRCA 3RD/4TH CENTURY A.D.

A ROMAN GOLD AND AMETHYST BRACELET, CIRCA 2ND/4TH CENTURY A.D., OR LATER

TWO EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACES, NEW KINGDOM, 1554-1075 B.C., AND LATER

AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE, CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

 A GREEK GOLD FIBULA, SOUTHERN ITALY, CIRCA EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.

A PAIR OF CELT-IBERIAN SILVER FIBULAE, CIRCA 3RD/2ND CENTURY B.C.

GRECO-ROMAN, 1ST CENTURY B.C./ 1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER | INTAGLIO WITH HERAKLES WEARING THE SKIN OF THE NEMEAN LION

SOUTHERN ITALIAN, CIRCA 1220-1240 | CAMEO WITH A WALKING LION

ITALIAN OR FRENCH, CIRCA 1470-1480 | CAMEO WITH A PORTRAIT OF RENÉ OF ANJOU (1409-1480)

 ITALIAN, FLORENCE, CIRCA 1560 | JUGATE CAMEO PROBABLY WITH COSIMO I DE' MEDICI, GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY (1519-1574) AND ELEANOR OF TOLEDO, DUCHESS CONSORT OF FLORENCE (1522-1562), OR HIS SECOND WIFE CAMILLA MARTELLI, DUCHESS CONSORT OF FLORENCE (1545-1590)

NORTHERN ITALIAN OR FRENCH, CIRCA 1560 | CAMEO WITH A PORTRAIT OF A LADY, POSSIBLY MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

 ITALIAN, LATE 16TH/ EARLY 17TH CENTURY | CAMEO OF A YOUNG WOMAN, POSSIBLY CLEOPATRA

ITALIAN, PROBABLY MILAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH A PERSONIFICATION OF ABUNDANCE

SOUTHERN GERMAN, CIRCA 1630-1640 | PENDANT WITH THE PELICAN IN HER PIETY

 ITALIAN, PROBABLY VENICE OR MILAN, CIRCA 1600 | LARGE CAMEO WITH THE MADONNA AND CHILD

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN LIMOSIN (ACTIVE CIRCA 1615-1635)  FRENCH, LIMOGES, EARLY 17TH CENTURY | OVAL PORTRAIT OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA (1601-1666)

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN VANGROL  FRENCH, PARIS, CIRCA 1640 | PENDANT WITH A DOUBLE SIDED CAMEO WITH JESUS CHRIST AND THE VIRGIN MARY

 ENGLISH, LATE 17TH CENTURY | PENDANT SAID TO CONTAIN A RELIC OF KING CHARLES I (1600-1649)

SPANISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY | PENDANT CRUCIFIX

PROBABLY SPANISH, CIRCA 1700 | PORTRAIT OF A RULER, POSSIBLY CHARLES II OF SPAIN (1661-1700)

ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH SAINT STEPHEN OR THE INFANT CHRIST

SOUTHERN ITALIAN OR SPANISH, LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY | PENDANT WITH A CAMEO OF A BEARDED MAN AND A MINIATURE OF A SAINT

SPANISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY | PENDANT ROSARY WITH CHRIST IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE AND THE ST VERONICA

SPANISH, CIRCA 1700 | RELIQUARY PENDANT

SPANISH, 18TH CENTURY | PENDANT CROSS

SPANISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURY | PENDANT ROSARY DEPICTING ST ANTHONY OF PADUA AND ST TERESA OF ÁVILA

SPANISH, LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH-CENTURY | PENDANT WITH MINIATURES OF ST JEROME AND A FEMALE SAINT, POSSIBLY ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA

PORTUGUESE, LATE 17TH CENTURY | BOW-KNOT PENDANT

 PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1700 | TWO RINGS SET WITH ARMORIALS

ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH THE JUDGEMENT

PROBABLY BRITISH, CIRCA 1800 | CAMEO WITH PAN

PROBABLY ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY  AFTER THE ANTIQUE | CAMEO WITH A DANCING SATYR

ITALIAN OR SOUTHERN GERMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH A MAENAD PLAYING THE AULOS LED BY A PUTTO HOLDING A TORCH

ITALIAN, PROBABLY EARLY 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH A BACCHANALE 

 FRENCH, MID 18TH-CENTURY | CAMEO WITH KING LOUIS XV OF FRANCE (1710-1774)

RUSSIAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY | CATHERINE THE GREAT, EMPRESS OF RUSSIA (1729-1796)

ITALIAN, CIRCA 1800 | CAMEO WITH AN EMPEROR

 ITALIAN, CIRCA 1816 | CAMEO WITH TSAR ALEXANDER I OF RUSSIA (1777-1825)

ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH AN EMPEROR, POSSIBLY CLAUDIUS (10 BC - 54 AD)

 ITALIAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH A GOD OR EMPEROR

ITALIAN OR BRITISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH A BUST OF A GODDESS

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ATTRIBUTED TO LUIGI SAULINI (1819-1883)  ITALIAN, ROME, MID-19TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH MEDUSA

PROBABLY ITALIAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH MARCUS VIPSANIUS AGRIPPA (64/62BC - 12 BC)

ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI PICHLER (1734-1791)  ITALIAN, PROBABLY ROME, BEFORE 1791 | INTAGLIO WITH CERES HESTIA

EUROPEAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY OR LATER | JEWISH MARRIAGE RING

ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY | SILVIA BEWAILING THE LOSS OF HER STAG

BRITISH, EARLY 19TH-CENTURY  PORTRAIT | INTAGLIO WITH JOHN MILTON (1608-1674)

BRITISH, CIRCA 1820 | INTAGLIO WITH MASONIC SYMBOLS

ITALIAN, CIRCA 1800 | CAMEO WITH A BACCHANTE

GIUSEPPE (1770-1856) OR NICCOLÒ CERBARA (1796-1858)  ITALIAN, ROME, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH ANTINOUS OR THE YOUNG HERAKLES

ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH PELEUS CONSECRATING THE HAIR OF ACHILLES TO THE RIVER-GOD SPERCHEIUS

AFTER TITIAN (1490-1576)  ITALIAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

THE VATICAN MOSAIC WORKSHOP  ITALIAN, ROME, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY  | MICROMOSAIC WITH THE CAPITOLINE DOVES, ALSO KNOWN AS PLINY’S DOVES

AFTER JOHN FLAXMAN (1755-1826)  BRITISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH HECTOR CHIDING PARIS

ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH HERCULES RESCUING HESIONE FROM THE MONSTER

BRITISH, LATE 18TH-CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH THE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN

SALVADORE PASSAMONTI (ACTIVE 1806-1851)  ITALIAN, ROME, CIRCA 1810 | CAMEO WITH JUPITER VANQUISHING THE TITANS

PROBABLY ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH MENELAUS, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLO MORELLI (1771-1838)  ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH THE YOUTHFUL BACCHUS

PROBABLY ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH AN ALL'ANTICA JUGATE PORTRAIT

ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH NEPTUNE

ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE GIROMETTI (1780-1851)  BRITISH, LONDON, CIRCA 1821 | CAMEO WITH KING GEORGE IV

ITALIAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH HERCULES

ITALIAN OR FRENCH, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH A YOUNG WOMAN WEARING A DIADEM

CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI (1734-1791) AND LUIGI PICHLER (1773-1854)  ITALIAN, LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO WITH PSYCHE WITH THE JAR OF BEAUTY BEFORE CUPID PLAYING AN AULOS

FRENCH, CIRCA 1800  POSSIBLY PHILIPPE LELIEVRE (1731-1815) | CAMEO WITH JEAN-JACQUES-RÉGIS DE CAMBACÉRÈS, DUKE OF PARMA, SECOND CONSUL OF FRANCE (1753-1824)

BRITISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY | INTAGLIO OF THE YOUNG HERCULES

ITALIAN, POSSIBLY 16TH/ 17TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH A RECUMBENT LEOPARD

ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY | CAMEO WITH A BACCHANTE

ITALIAN OR BRITISH, CIRCA 1800 | CAMEO WITH ALEXANDER THE GREAT

LUIGI PICHLER (1773-1854)  ITALIAN, ROME, CIRCA 1810 | INTAGLIO WITH A VICTORIOUS YOUTH AS HERCULES

ATTRIBUTED TO ANGELO (1754-CIRCA 1816) OR NICCOLÒ AMASTINI (1780-1851)  ITALIAN, ROME, EARLY 19TH CENTURY  AFTER THE ANTIQUE | CAMEO WITH APOLLO

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Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels

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