Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume V : L’Écrin

Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume V : L’Écrin

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A rare gold, enamel and diamond-set Násfa Pendant, Hungarian, Circa 1626

Auction Closed

October 14, 05:38 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

A rare gold, enamel and diamond-set Násfa Pendant, Hungarian,

Circa 1626


the elaborate gold Násfa set with a princely crown above a pair of gem-set wings, with engraved white and black enamel feathers, the feathers on the reverse in black enamel; a jewelled cross and anchor with two white enamelled doves above, the anchor entwined with a polychrome enamel serpent and flowers; below two jewelled and white enamel ringed hands clasping a heart of two parts, the obverse overlaid with netting in white, red and green enamel, the reverse of the heart in red enamel and overlaid with gold netting; below the heart, a skull in white enamel holding a gold key, exempted for 18 carat gold.

4⅜ by 2⅝ in.; 111 by 67 mm

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Pendentif Násfa en or, émail et diamant, Hongrie,

vers 1626


dispense pour l'or 18K (750°/00)

4⅜ x 2⅝ in.; 111 x 67 mm

Count Antal Zichy (1826-1898)

Graf von Palffy, former Austrian Ambassador to Rome

Arnold Seligmann, Paris, 13 March 1923 (45,000 francs)

Charles D. Bowles (1864-1924), of the Columbia River Shipping Company, Portland, Oregon, thence by descent

Christie's New York, 21 April 2016, lot 146

Koopman Rare Art, 2016 

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Comte Antal Zichy (1826-1898)

Graf von Palffy, Ambassadeur d'Autriche à Rome

Arnold Seligmann, Paris, 13 mars 1923 (45 000 francs)

Charles D. Bowles (1864-1924), de la Columbia River Shipping Company, Portland, Oregon, puis par descendance

Christie's New York, 21 avril 2016, lot 146

Koopman Rare Art, 2016 

I. Simonyi, Questions and Answers: An Attempt at Defining the So-Called Bethlen-Nasfa, 2006, Ars Decorativa, 24, pp. 21-37, ill. pp. 32 & 34.
Exhibition of Hungarian Goldsmith's Works, exb. cat. Hungarian National Exhibition, Budapest, 1884, Ill. no. 13.