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A LARGE GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE INTAGLIO
The oval intaglio engraved with Venus Victrix holding a spear being crowned with laurel by helmeted Mars, the gold locket mount with black enamel formal ornament, the intaglio 17th Century, the mount later, 8.0cm. overall height
Provenance: Phyllis Phillips Collection, Christie's, 13 December, 1989, lot 421
Exhibited: London, Goldsmith's Hall, 5000 Years of Jewellery, 1972, no.66
Literature: G. Hughes, The Art of Jewelry, 1972, p.182(a)
The oval intaglio engraved with Venus Victrix holding a spear being crowned with laurel by helmeted Mars, the gold locket mount with black enamel formal ornament, the intaglio 17th Century, the mount later, 8.0cm. overall height
Provenance: Phyllis Phillips Collection, Christie's, 13 December, 1989, lot 421
Exhibited: London, Goldsmith's Hall, 5000 Years of Jewellery, 1972, no.66
Literature: G. Hughes, The Art of Jewelry, 1972, p.182(a)