Fine Jewellery - Day 1 - 9th December 2020

Lot 310

A late 18th century sardonyx intaglio depicting Meleager

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £11000

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Description

A late 18th century sardonyx intaglio depicting Meleager, with his hunting dog and a boar's head on a plinth, pseudo signature for Alexander, 2.5cm high, set in a later gold ring, size S

 

Provenance:

Believed to have been from the collection of Prince Stanislas Poniatowski

 

References:

Beazley Archive reference number: 1839-590

Christie's, London: 1839-590

Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.91