Description
Modern ring in yellow gold 18k (750 thousandths) of a great simplicity to allow the exposure of a cameo quite exceptional dated around the 16th-early 17th century. In onyx, we see a Venus deliciously lying down and languid. This type of cameo is rare when it is intact, without lack or crack. One can only admire it. Finger size : 53 Gross weight : 9,3 g. Expert's note: The 16th and especially the 17th century was the period when cameos made their appearance in Europe. Between the beginning of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Age, there was a period when cameos and intaglios had disappeared from the jewellery production. Those found on medieval goldsmiths and jewelers are mainly from the recovery of ancient pieces. And then, the Modern Times rediscovered Antiquity and reproduced it first in a crude way, like this cameo, so typical of the period, then the art will be refined to arrive at a production in the nineteenth century pushed in particular by the Castellani.
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Modern ring in yellow gold 18k (750 thousandths) of a great simplicity to allow the exposure of a cameo quite exceptional dated around the 16th-early 17th century. In onyx, we see a Venus deliciously lying down and languid. This type of cameo is rare when it is intact, without lack or crack. One can only admire it. Finger size : 53 Gross weight : 9,3 g. Expert's note: The 16th and especially the 17th century was the period when cameos made their appearance in Europe. Between the beginning of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Age, there was a period when cameos and intaglios had disappeared from the jewellery production. Those found on medieval goldsmiths and jewelers are mainly from the recovery of ancient pieces. And then, the Modern Times rediscovered Antiquity and reproduced it first in a crude way, like this cameo, so typical of the period, then the art will be refined to arrive at a production in the nineteenth century pushed in particular by the Castellani.
