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A 15th century gold marriage ring

A 15th century gold marriage ring. Photo Bonhams The ring engraved with amatory inscription 'iea do re' (Je adore), each group of letters connected by double heart and cross motifs, on a cross-hatched ground, ring size N½. Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000, US$...

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25 avril 2012

A Roman tinned bronze mirror. Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.

A Roman tinned bronze mirror. Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D. Photo Bonhams With a separately-cast Hercules club handle with knopped details and a mask at the join of the mirror and handle, the mirror with a pierced border, the slightly concave reverse with...

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Tags: bronze mirror, 1st-2nd Century A.D., Roman

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25 avril 2012

A gold, paste and enamel 'memento mori' ring, 1727

A gold, paste and enamel 'memento mori' ring, 1727. Photo Bonhams The coffin-shaped bezel depicting the image of a skeleton, overlaid with a similarly shaped transparent paste in a collet setting, another skeleton curving round the hoop rendered in black...

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Tags: memento mori, 1727

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25 avril 2012

An Etruscan bronze mirror. Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C

An Etruscan bronze mirror. Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C. Photo Bonhams The reverse of the mirror engraved with a Bacchic figural scene of a dancing maenad holding a thyrsus and a nude male figure holding a timpanum, with scrolling foliate decoration around...

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Tags: bronze mirror, Etruscan art, 4th-3rd Century B.C.

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25 avril 2012

A 17th century gold posy ring

A 17th century gold posy ring. Photo Bonhams The hoop engraved with elaborate floral motifs, the interior engraved 'love ever or never', indistinct maker's mark, ring size I½ - Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000, US$ 2,400 - 3,200. Found in the 'Gainsborough Area',...

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25 avril 2012

Rich offerings of Chinese art fill two-day June auction at Bonhams

A fine and rare eight panel cinnabar lacquer screen with jade and semi-precious stone embellishments, 18th/19th century. Est. $150,000-250,000. Photo: Bonhams. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams in San Francisco announced its two day auction of Fine Asian Works...

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25 avril 2012

Stunning 12th century carved marble basin tops Bonhams Islamic and Indian sale in London

12th century basin. Photo: Bonhams LONDON.- A 12th century Zangid carved marble basin from Syria, with a fine Kufic inscription sold today (24.4.12) for £193,250 at Bonhams sale of Indian and Islamic art in London. The inscriptions contain references...

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Tags: Iznik, Syria, Zangid

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24 avril 2012

An exceptional Beijing-enamelled 'European landscape' snuff bottle. Mark and period of Qianlong

An exceptional Beijing-enamelled 'European landscape' snuff bottle. Mark and period of Qianlong. Photo Sotheby's of compressed spherical form tapered to an oval foot rising to a circular mouth, the decoration set within cord-decorated circular borders...

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Tags: snuff bottle, Mark and period of Qianlong, Beijing-enamelled, 'European landscape'

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24 avril 2012

A Ruby Flower Brooch, by JAR

A Ruby Flower Brooch, by JAR. p hoto: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Designed as a Camellia flowerhead, entirely pavé-set with rubies weighing a total of approximately 173.09 carats, mounted in silver and gold, 2003, 8.0 cm, with French assay mark for gold,...

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Tags: jar, Burmese ruby, Camellia

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24 avril 2012

A Tourmaline and Diamond Flower Brooch, by JAR

A Tourmaline and Diamond Flower Brooch, by JAR. p hoto: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Designed as two green and pink tourmaline poppy flowerhead and bud, linked by a green tourmaline scrolling stem centering upon a pear-shaped diamond, weighing approximately...

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Tags: jar, pink tourmaline, Pear-shaped Diamond, green tourmaline, Poppy

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