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104 - A hardstone cameo pendant, carved to depict Cupid pursuing a butterfly, set within borders of rose-cut diamonds and seed pearls, to a 9ct white gold fine curb-link chain, (pendant bale with one stone deficient), pendant length including bale 45mm. £600-£800
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A hardstone cameo pendant, carved to depict Cupid pursuing a butterfly, set within borders of rose-cut diamonds and seed pearls, to a 9ct white gold fine curb-link chain, (pendant bale with one stone deficient), pendant length including bale 45mm. £600-£800 --- After the Greek myth of Cupid (Eros), the god of Love, and Psyche. See: Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844): Cupid with a butterfly, 1805-1810, Thorvaldsen Museum. Copenhagen. The god of Love, Cupid, is depicted with a butterfly, seen as an image of the soul and its immortality. Cupid is represented as a figure that pursues, and sometimes torments, the soul in the very shape of a butterfly - the word ‘psyche’ in ancient Greek meaning both the soul and a butterfly. Condition Report Gross weight 9.9gm. ------ For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneer's website, www.noonans.co.uk
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