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MARK OF VOURAKIS, ATHENS, 20TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF FIVE CONTINENTAL GOLD-MOUNTED AND GEM-SET HARDSTONE EGGS
MARK OF VOURAKIS, ATHENS, 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a green aventurine example with a varicolored gold two-handled mount set with four cabochon rubies, an amethyst example with gold mounts, a rhodonite example with gold mounts set with a band of sapphires and a band of rubies, and two small examples in malachite and amethyst, each in gold mount set with rubies, all in original fitted Vourakis cases, three marked VOURAKIS and with standard mark; two with standard mark only
1¾-4 in. (4.4-10.2 cm.) high (5)
MARK OF VOURAKIS, ATHENS, 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a green aventurine example with a varicolored gold two-handled mount set with four cabochon rubies, an amethyst example with gold mounts, a rhodonite example with gold mounts set with a band of sapphires and a band of rubies, and two small examples in malachite and amethyst, each in gold mount set with rubies, all in original fitted Vourakis cases, three marked VOURAKIS and with standard mark; two with standard mark only
1¾-4 in. (4.4-10.2 cm.) high (5)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 10 May 1983, lots 271-274