Revival: A Unique Collection of 19th-century Jewels
Castellani
Gold and glass necklace, circa 1880
Auction Closed
November 13, 11:17 AM GMT
Estimate
13,000 - 18,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Designed as a fringe of textured gold vine leaves, alternating with bunches of pale green glass grapes, suspended from a loop-in-loop chain, length approximately 450mm, maker’s mark for Castellani, fitted case.
Castellani & Giuliano: The Judith H. Siegel Collection, Sotheby's New York, 6 December 2006, lot 30.
Sotheby's New York, 27 April 1987, lot 53.
The Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry, The Bard Graduate Center, New York, November 2004 – February 2005.
The Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry, Somerset House, London, May-September 2005 – February 2006.
The Castellani and Italian Archaeological Jewelry, Villa Giulia, Rome, November 2005 – February 2006.
Cf.: Susan Weber Soros and Stefanie Walker (eds.), Castellani and Italian Archeological Jewelry, New York, pg. 347, fig. 30.
Cf.: Daniela Mascetti and Amanda Triossi, The Necklace: From Antiquity to the Present, New York, 1997, pg. 116-117, for two similar necklaces by Castellani.
Cf.: Pier Giovanni Guzzo, Oreficerie della Magna Grecia: Ornamenti in oro e argento dall'Italia meridionale tra l'VIII ed il I secolo, Taranto, 1993, pg. 99, fig. 52, for the ancient prototype.
This necklace is based on an ancient prototype dated to the Hellenistic period in Southern Italy.
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