'HYPNOS HERM', A SLATE TABLE SCULPTURE WITH REMOVABLE GOLD RING AND PIN, 1988

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KEVIN COATES
'HYPNOS HERM', A SLATE TABLE SCULPTURE WITH REMOVABLE GOLD RING AND PIN, 1988
the partial figure and stand carved in black slate, with green slate base, the removable 18ct gold ring made as a mask and set with diamond and cat's-eye chrysoberyl, the removable gold 'hand' pin holds a moonstone sphere, London hallmarks, 750, signed and dated 1988 on ring, hand signed and dated, sculpture signed, with original painted case
6¼in. (15.8cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

Hypnos was the god of sleep and dreams.
Kevin Coates A Hidden Alchemy, Arnoldische, 2008, pp. 255-256 (illustrated).

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